مجموعة ١٢٠/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. الأهواز - اليوميات القنصلية." [و‎‎٨‎٢] (٦٦٩/١٦٤)

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CONFIDENTIAL
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A H V/ A Z DIARY
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(1) His Majesty’'" Vice Consul returned to Ahwaz fro'.n B«ctan
on 2nd April and His Majesty-c Coneul-General on 3rd A^ril,
(2) Mr. Zaehner arrived from Khorramchahr on lOtn April and
left for Tehran on 12th April, to take up an appointment v-'ith the
Public Relations Bureau there.
11 * Movements o f Persian Officials.
(3) Colonel Humayuni returned to Ahwaz from Bootan on 3rd
April and proceeded next day to inspect his troop disposition 0 in
Arglo-Iranian Oil Co 0 Oil producing area 0 . He returned to Ahwaz
or. 5th April and paid a second vi°it on 9th returning to Ahwaz on
10th April., Between 6 th and 8 th April he vi°ited Dizful to arrange
to °end troop 0 the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co, Area 0 ,
.4) The Ctovernor General accompanied lay Agha Gani’ee the
dead of the Finance Department went to Kara Hormuz on 1 st April and
returned to Ahwaz on 4th April,
5) Oarhang.Puriractigar went to Ram Hormuz on 4th and
returned on 7th April,
\6) Agha Mohs inpur, Director of Agriculture went to
Cusangird on 6 th and returned on 9th April in connection with the
iistribution of millet seed in Dasht-i-Mi°han»
III. Economic,
;7) Barley in ° 5 )me place 0 in Khuzi°tan i° ripe ana the
harvest i 0 o -( :ar ^i n g j ^ut °o far no decision regarding the control
cf the crop, and the price,ha o "feeen received fr®m the Central
Government,
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B) Owing to the unu°ually late continuance of cool weather,
the wheat harvest i ri later than normal and reaping will not pro
tab ly °tart in earnest for another fortnight
j9) The wholesale price of wheat ha° fallen below Rial 0
i0,0#Q per ton and transactions in 7'0fj wheat and barley mixture'"
are reported to be taking place at about Rial° 8 ; 500 ^er ton. The
price of a 200 gramme piece of bread ha° fallen from Rial° 2 to
Rial 0 1^. The yrice of mutton ha° fallen from Rial° 25 to Rial 0
2C per kilo dressed, Ghi ha° qu.ite unwarrantably ri°en "lightly in
price, while °ugar ha° ri°en from Rials M to 110 per kilo,
\ 10.) Crop prospect 0 are universally regarded a° good provided
chere is no more rain and no hot winds occur, A conservative
estimate of the amount of grain sown appear 0 to be 8,000 ton 0 .
IV, Genoral
(11) The Ahwaz-Basra read is again open. The Ahwaz-Khorram-
■'hahr road 1° not yet restored and traffic i° passing via Tanoama
and thence down the Shatt-~ 6 l-~Arab. Other road communication^ in
,ohe province are again open by one route or another. Traffic on the
■■ ‘ IAhwaz'-Khorramy hahx ra.i3.wav line has been resumed.
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( 12 ) Cas'es of typhus °till. occur and the C&vil ho°rital i°
full, but epidemic proportion 0 have not yet been reached.
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