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been distributer! nersonally by H,’ . Consul on his tpur3
of the const from dander Jilan to Lin**ah.
dates to * total of fid tons were .purchased from
Iran, and distributed to relieve food shortage in tho
area duriw the year.
(c) In .Tine, a fete v/r.s riven by t’e Political
.resident in the -arden.ot jnbr.abad. This was very well
a±t.-r.ed:b\' attended by Persians, both of ’icial and non-
official} and a satisfactory su-n of r.o.ney ( .(urees '’,ono/-)
v/as raised for the Persian Gulf fighter .hind.

(a) Cereals.
/or the first half of the year, the .Jovthern
*’ort5 r.rer., sufferin'- fro ■ the dronpht of i:• *-1-12,continued
to subsist on cereals imported by the United hi ''-don
Cor ercial Corporation. Although various difficulties v:e re
experienced, and it ?/rs or. tore than one occasion necessary
to raise an urgent loan from the Jritish .»r:;y detach cut's
stochs of flour, the. supplies were .fust e :ed o”t to last
until the fruits of the 10*12-43 winter's food harvest
be* an to cone in.
To ensure the collection of the cron sv.r-
nlus, a contract vras entered into with Fathullah Khan,
( see nara*ra?h V (a) above) for the delivery of the
cereals of his three "buluks" ( sub-divisions). This con­
tract, involving K.1 .Consul in responsibility for the
obtainin'” and disposal of Persian Government funds, vas
admittedly an extreme measure, and can be justified only
by the dire need of t’ e area and the lac’- of a general
directive fro** the capital ns re-aru.s •■•olio-' for cereals
coVr-ctio-«. Jh.e position *ecr.e ::ort re -i.lar “t ~ inter
st:/e, -p.cn t’*c rolicy of contracts -as adopted IV ? 11
-'arts of Persia; - *d s :b.tc. ”.cntly r-rran-t:.c’its ::ro nut
ir. for t’^e re-transfer to the /crsiei lever .went
do -- c-.nt of the ~?.wr'e~2-t of this contract anu the
settle~er.t of accounts.

Cb) fhe__^b^jprch Irri-atico ?ro •eca.
us this project had by no roans produced
the results that ripht have been expected from it, an
inspection visit was paid to it in the spriry by Professors
irsor and. Pitman, American employees of the Persian
Government, and >1.11. Consul, .is a result cf this visit a
report was written, with recommendations for the reorcan- •
isation of the project; and towards the end’of the year,
Professor ./insor raid a second visit, and left a resident
Persian engineer to put the- into effect.
•:o action was taken durinr the year to put
/the l.und river project into effect.
(c) Tea, Sn^ar and Piece-'-nods. (Government
ssononly roods.)
The prices of these commodities did not
vary rreatly through the year. At the end of the year,
stochs were annroxi^ately 3,700 tons of surer and 700 tons
of tea, as apainst 4,000 ana 3,000 at the berinninr of
the year. The remainder' had been- sent up the road to in­
land torm$| mostly by U.K.C.C. transport (see paragraph II
(a) )• r&s rationed issue was (monthly) 400 yrammes of
super, SO frames of tea and half a metre of cloth; but
oniy one issue of cloth was actually ”»nde durinr the year,
of 3 metres ^er ^rson, be in* arrears of last year. The.
suyar and tea issues in the country districts were mostly
misappropriated by local chiefs and officials of the
Supply department* *