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Dec ember 1039 Decenter 1C43
Potatoes 1.60 6
Milk. 1.30 4.60
Charcoal. .50 7
7/heat .60 7.75
Dhal 1 27
Onions .75 3
Firewood .25 2.50
Pish 1.25 9.50.
Dates 1.40 5.25
Coffee 11.25 45
Butter 10 (unobtainable)
(f) The I’tlTnsdleh; cotton cloth m 1Jly
(Hariri per: 7r. Hus se in «rar~)*

At the annual general meeting held at the close
of the Persian year {. late February ) the mill showed a
nett profit of 200;J, out of which an interim dividend of
75/i had been paid to-the share-holders during the year.
Considerable dis: ay was, however, caused by Dr. j.fillspaufh* s
nevr incore tax law, assigning a tax of 80> on incores
over Tomans 50,000 p.a.; and through this tax being ass­
essed on the year’s income of the mill, instead of indiv­
idually on the incomes of shareholders, smaller incomes
naturally carrying a much lower rate of tax. ( Hr. Arar
would have one believe that the shares of. the mill are'
largely held 'ey otherwise penniless widows and orphans).
A second blow was struc.h to the Hill in December by the
announcement of the Persian Government*s intention to
control and monopolise all transactions in tea, sugar
and piecevoods; and at the end of the year, the mill’s
one toman shares, which had previously stood at Ts.7/-
had dropped to Ts.4/-
3BCTIC:: VIII

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(a) Assistant dvr re on li, Jassy I.h.D., was
in sub-char? e of the Residency dispensary throughout
the year.
(b) Halaria and dysentery were as usual in
epidemic for.r. during the summer and autumn. The climate
suffered from lach of rainfall, which affected the
water supply. This led to an increase in malaria and
dysentery.
(c) The number of attendances and operations
as compared with last year weres-

Out-patients. In-patients Operations.
1942 35486 13 335
1943 37452 14 407

(d) :io epidemics of infectious diseases
occurred during the year.

Sd. J.B. II0V/E3

His Majesty’s.Consul, Bushire.