'تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي، ١٩٤٥ [-١٩٤٦]' [و‎‎١‎٣‎٦] (٤١٤/٢٨٤)

15.
11. BRITISH INTERESTS,
Trade.
Owing to postwar restrictions and lack of shipping
space imports, chiefly of tea, sugar and cheap cotton fabrics,
which usually come from India and^Jrucial Coast remained much
lower than in previous years.
The usual exports of Kerman and tribal carpets
were sent to the U.S.A. in small quantities and consignments of
dried fruits, pistachios, and goatskins went to India and the
Arab coast.
General cargo and merchandise landed by Messrs. Gray
Mackenzie & Co. Ltd. amounted to 1062.50 tons and 317.25 tons were
exported. The total number of passengers who arrived by 3.1.
Steamers was and those who left for other ports amounted to 502.
Messrs. Frank Strick & Co. Ltd.
Ships of the Strick Line loaded 6326 tons of red
Oxide and 114 bales of carpets and landed 26,000 bags of sugar
during the year.
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Throughout the year, the A.I.C.C. continued uo maintain
their depot at Bandar Abbas from which source the province is
supplied. They received the following oil products during the year :
Aviation spiMt
Petrol
Kerosine
Gas Oil
Fuel Oil
Lubricating Oil
Grease
Tins.
1095b
273440
145779
75508
2185
Litres.
247235
91637
293490
56175
Barrels.
640
101
With the exception of lubricating oil and grease most
of the above was forwarded to the interior in 9S1 trucks.
in. FuPwDiGN rrrr^TS.
No foreign interests are represented at this port.
IV. LOC'-L GOVERNMENT.
Aqai Knsain Sepehroia was ?armand ar from 1.4.46 to
14 # 7.46, Aqai Mohammad Pezhman officiateu. ^rom 15.7.4o to 5.11.4o
and Aqai Ivladhat TroiB 6,*-.^6 to
Aqai Sepehmia is reported to have misappropriated
p maior portion of the municipal tax which was being collected
at the rate of rials 150/- per truck and which was sur.posea to
be s cent for the improvement of the road between the town and I.aiband
Customs laai M ansur ftani' officiated as Director of Customs
from 1.4.46 to 16.4.46 and Aqai Ali Khalili was Director of Customs
from 17.3.46 to 31.12.46.
Pilferage and bribery within the Customs was rife
throughout the year, and senior officers in the Department are
reported to have ammassed fortunes of about half a milxion toroans
a nc* through bribes from merchants and undervaluation O l .neir
lood- ' Pilferage of Government sugar and tea has taken place on a
large scale and other valuable goods have not escaped their
attention.