'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎566v] (36/72)

28
The motor road to Zakidan (Puzdap) is now very seldom used owing to too
rail-head having been removed to Nok-Kundi.
{b ) Security of Trade Routes.—In spite of desultory robberies on the Bandar
Abbas-Kerman motor road by Farsi robbers, the security of trade routes in the
Province has considerably improved. The Amnieh Department peiforms its
duties more ellicientlv and a number ot stray robbers caught have in most cases
been executed by the* Military Department. On the whole, law and order on the
trade routes in the Province has been v r ell maintained.
(c) Rosts .—New Post offices were opened at Zerind and Kawar at the end
of the year.
The bi-weekly service between Kerman and Bandar Abbas was changed to a
weekly one in the month of September owing to the previous postal contract
having expired and there being no offers for the new one. The authorities were,
however, obliged to sanction an increase of 200 Tumans per mensem on the
previous contract, held by a Parsi, Hustam Navandad, and renew it at a figure of
Tumans 700 per mensem.
The unsatisfactory deliver}' arrangements prevailing in the Kerman Post
Office reported in the previous Administration Report have not improved. A
secret censorship is applied to all foreign mails arriving at Kerman.
(d) Wireless .—The "Wireless Station in Kerman w*as not used during the
year, though it is supposed to be in working order. This is apparently due to the
great expense involved in its working.
(e) Aviation .—No aeroplanes visited Kerman during the year and the
aerodrome to the north-west of the town has, therefore, been neglected.
B.— Local Government and Polities.
8. Condition oj the Country. —The administration of the province has con
tinued to improve and law and order well maintained. The Amnieh authorities
succeeded in capturing a number of highway robbers or defaulters who were dealt
with by the Military authorities. Complaints against officials of the Militarv and
Amnieh I Apartments by villagers have been negligible. The Police force armours
to be more efficient and their patrols in the town more regular. The number of
burglaries has decreased.
The Shah’s popularity for the efficient administration of the eountrv and the
state of security has been maintained.
9. Local Official!: ami Departments.—Governor-General.—His Exci'IIencv
Muza Reza Khan, Afshar, was transferred from Kerman in February to fal-o
up Ins new appointment as the Minister of Roads. Dadras the aStent to the
Governor-General officiated till relieved in March bv His Excellency Mirra Sev id
Mustafa Khan, Kazimi, who still holds the appointment As ™is his
antecedents, reference is invited to the Kerman PnncniQfn \ i * - . A ls
for 1916, under heading “ Political History ’- KaZ fTJ 1 il tratlOI1 - Eeport
of the Chief of Education in Kerman. ' ' KazlIm then lleld appointment
* JRWK T" -o
(avenues) in the Kerman Town and districts IT C cuttln S oi new Khayabans
during- the floods of July 1932 and is on the liioKoopul ,r red Vahiable assistance
Sohrabian. was the Provincfaf d“ r at The eVfT.h lmproved - Amir Khan,
other heads of departments, hasTllta/Zft l^Co^nlate. 116 ’ Va '' i,mS
believed that i^Xlure^he taPwin'bTlevSon a* RialS ' 0 n° P - CT miscaI a " d !t is
review, the income accruing from opium was sh^ffP* i ^ unnff tiie ^ ear i’uder
previous year owing to the amount of cnidT n J 1 lar ^ r than that of the
the Finance Department having been 18 nor ^ [ lo , 1 j verc " ( i I a t the godowns of
smuggling from other provinces was reported ttm-' )le .! lan tIie 1931 figures. No
contraband opium confiscated in the province wnc 1 ] 2 ’ ail( t the amount of
figures. The number of opium addicts has decided^inereased! ° 4 the previous
the National Bank </f PCTZTimmbnmiTl.rZa^ ^ as Ma .iager of
Aceounlant. In the beginning of September foil ! •• ass ll* ed hy a Persian
the books of the Bank were examined in Kerman bv t’T V “ geI ’ s incident
man ^ the then acting Provincini