مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٢] (٩٣٨/٤٢٤)

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VI. PUBLI C R ELATIONS . . x X—^
Continue satisfactory.
VII. FOODSTUFFS .
(a) Fathullah Khan Hiat Daudi is experiencing difficulty
in fulfilling his contract for cereals owing to lack of transport
| in the inland area but deliveries are still being made at Bush-
ire by sea from the Hiat Baud ports. The total deliveries up
to the end of the period under review amount to 598 tons of wheat
and 536 tons of barley. Deliveries by other contractors and
local purchases by the Supply Department are almost negligible.
(b) u n the 28t September 9 1943, the inhabitants of >
xv hist (near Borazjan) kidnapped nqai Hisami, the representative
of Aqai Hikrnat (Kishmat ul Mamalek), and took him into the
hills. They then plundered Hisami's house and ambar. which
are understood to have contained a lar..-e stock of cereals, piece-
goods, sugar and tea belonging to Aqai Hikmat.
VIII. Shi pping and Comrn e r c e.
Tehran believed to permit the release of certain goods frozen
in the Customs were found unintelligible by the Director of
Customs and. 1 •. o to oe referred again to Tehran. As a result
merchants are still unable to obtain delivery of their goods.
(b) There has been no appreciable change in the prices
of commodities during the period.
(: ) Business hc.s been very slack. Instructions from
His Majesty's Consul, Bushire.