مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎١‎٧‎١] (٧٥١/٣٤٤)

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total requirementa until th« and ol Tir next (July J£nd,
1944/ ere eatlmated at ^,620 tona of vrheat and 1,250 tone
of barley. The i>urehaao ol wheat by au^ar barter ceaeed
at the ead of £«fand f except for eontracte signed oeiore
that date* The blao-t mnricet price ol wheat ruae to
Tomans 146 per xharwar in the lirat two weexa ol -arch
owing to the aoaence ol rain, but ample falls during the
second hall ol the month brought the price down fairly
^ sharply to Tomans 116-180 per kharwar.
gg. The last arltl^h convoy to take grain for Tehran left
on the 10th. Bince the 7th E.B.tf. lorries have been en
gaged in this work and some 100 lorries, of miscellaneous
tonnage, have been lilting about 160 tons a day. particu
lars ol grain supplied by this area to the capital, up to
Warch 27th, arc aa followa;-
Total by British convoys
previously by E.B.JU
By I.<1. *ool lorries
to Himadan
By E.B.H. since liarch 7th
U,46J toiiS
640 rt
340 w
PUQ *
12,54(5 tons
To this issay be added a further 6,600 tons still in thi®
difctrict waiting to be moved.
24. The bread situation in continued satis—
factory. w <jQverarasnV* bakeries sell at the official price
of Siais 9 per man (5 kilos; - the flour bain* two-thirds
wheat and one-third barley. w i ree'* bakeries sell at
kials 12 >er man — tb® flour being 1GO wheat. Thera sms
been a ^rowing demand lor the * free’ 1 bread, so nssh fc ;
that w Qover‘iinent w bakeries complain of lack of custom.
The bepartment of smppllee now issues only 10 tons oi
Hour daily to the latter, a fall from the original
tons a-day partly accounted ior by the reduction in ths
numbers of "oobermaent** baksriss (1 ebruary Diary, pere-
im, graph 24; and partly by the popular preference (and
^ability to pay; for the better quality bre&d. QASH-i-
JFIRIh f s bread situation is equally satisfactory - only
100 wheat flour is used and the quality of the breed is
excellent.
25. On the 11th the Ustan&ar held a meeting of Iinaaee,
Supply and other official® to consider the question oi
distribution /