مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٢] (٩٣٨/٣٢٤)

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VII. foodst Uff6.
At the end of the fortnight under review, the
Bu eh ire cereal and Bread Department had no *: ----- of Yheat
for issue to bakers, and an announcement has beeyi .^ade pennittin^
the import of wheat and s ..xe in .the town v/ithouc . y
Government restrictions. This situation has been brought
^bout by the failure of contractors to fulfil their contracts
for the year 1322 and a more detailed report has airead:
been submitted to those concerned. The only individ aJ
^ iC " cd C 0 II) P rrr -lively satisfactory results is A<iai
FathuUoh EhanHiat Daudi, R" i s - i - In t i zom at of Liravi, Hi at
Doug '.^d Ra>. Hilieh. The difficulties in securing wheat
b(:en a ^d:ravated by.the drought and complete
fcalure^ of the new crop, but if the contractor for Dafefetis^an.
A(ir,3 ii.^rt of Shiraz, had in the first place displayed some
eac^^- in ccxlccting his undertakings from the fertile area
^ hc Shabonkareh Irrigation project, the situation
very different. Efforts to secure further
Zt* continue unrelated, and the local Cereals
ftf d wh^.+ d -F? Cpr i^ Cnt hav : b i en wirin ^ frantically for loans
^ir^z as it is not only Bush ire town which
they have to feed, but all the Gulf ports to the south.
1: * nowi * hat ^tion the Persian Government propose
.,°i to dCi “ 1 Y lth the ' f f 3ffline oicjrid itio ns vfriich now threaten
1^ number of places along the littoral of the Persian
Gulf. \ .
further rise
per kilo and
in
tec
t /. •:
cat
x\.
VIII. TR AD3 A ? ~3 CCimE ROB.
oonsi« t i-i" 1 fro ° thc Cu8t0D8 totalled 1087 package a
oo i . G 1 ? 2 drum a of asphalt s 127 druas of chcmioalsr
281 h..ga of empty bottle Sj 105 bags of sugar 148 bags of
°nTS^S 7 ° ^* g6 ° f coffcc > ie tJalcs of cotton piccegoods,
-nd 205 miscellaneous packages.
(b) There has been a
now being quoted at Rls. 125
kilo.
(c) 66 lorries arrived from Shiraz during ti r
night bringing 693 tons of millet, potatoes, gum, soa.)
rugs, ana the same number of vehicles left with 412 t
tea, sugar, raw cotton, piecegoods, and glassware.
S *^ '’Robert G. ingersoll*' arrived on the 14th
ann hni o cases of opium, 82 bales of lambskins
Hew York ° f gor ‘ t&kinB 2654 of gum tragaoanth fer
:p6r&1P ‘ n dhow s of 40 tons from Dubai discharged 5o
bcaee of Pi^oegoods; l Persian dhow of 20 tons from ^Bahrain
2^0 bags of empty bottles. 12 Persian dhows of
^° nS froiD P€r&ian ports discharged 16 bales of pieoe^oods
192 drums of asphalt and 4q tons of date juice. "
ices, sugar
a. 160 per
'■ ' fort-
cf '
(e) Prices during the'fortnights-
Rials
Mutton
prr IcTlo
25
Ghee
70
Riee
22
Tea
315
Sugar
130
Flour
8
Barley
4.50
Potatoes
7
Mi Ik
4.60
Wheat
Dhall
Onions
Beef
Firewood
Fish
Dates
Coffee
■Ru't tc r
Rials
per TTlo .
7.75
27
7
20
1.50
10
5
45
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