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tt be a bumper one, began to oorao In*
At tho beginning of the ye or Mr.Sheridan, the Xnerioan
Adriser t# tho Ministry of Food, requested that the service*
• f Major Hasoan, the Consular Liaison Officer, might he placed
at the disposal of tho Persian Government, who wished to appoint
him a an Inspector of Grain Collection in tho German area.This
was arranged and the Consular Liaison Officer set to work. Ho
he,'an his tours in May end finished them in September. Crain
he^n to arrire in Kernan steadily and hy the end of Juno the
Government ^hp.r* had built up a 6uffioient reserve.fax Ho
was able to arrange oontracts for 5440 tons of wheat and 3670
tons of barley, fly the end of the year collections amounted to
a little over 8000 tons. Kerman should be (thou^i has not re-
-cently been) self-suffioi-Ait in a good, year, but the Consular
Liaison Officer has c alculat ei^ that this year if all collections
are completed, it should be possible to spare about
500 tons wheat and barley for deficit areas such a 3 Yezd.This
surplus has been achieved through extreme economy*
Owing to suspicion of fraud in the e .upon distribution,
the Consular Liaison Officer undertook a revision of the coupon
system in October. He was able to reduce the number from 46,000
to 39,000.
The price of free bread, fell from rials 30/- per 3 kilos
in the beginning of the year to rials 16.50 per 3 kilos at the
end of the year.
The Food Kitchen established under the auspices ©f the
Anglo-Iranian Relief Fund remained open until May 17th, by which
tine 1500 cheap raeols were being served every day. The kitchen
was reopened for 1000 persons cn December 15th. besides arcusing
'.:i<3 espread goodwill it ha.3 been of real benefit to the poor.
5u-?r.
___ The su^ar ration remained at the inadequate scale of
half a kilo per head per month throughout the year with the
rosult that the black market rate rose to as much as 400/- rials
per naund.
The prices of all other commodities rose considerably
during the year, especially essential items like^ chercoal and
firewood and reached their peak in October after which a slight
-all in prioes started, probably due to the plentiful supply of
gcod, oemparatively cheap bread*
The following is a •-mparative statement of the prioes
•I *■ few essentials during the years—
January, 1943. Ootober 1943. December 1943.
Hioe. per naunt 60.00 200.00 120.00
Ghee n « 90.00 200.00 180.00
Sugar n « 160.00 400.00 400.00
Milk « « 8.00 32.00
24.00
Firewood" kharwar 300.00 '•300.00 500.00
ch*rooal" ■ 800.00 1200.00 800.00
button " mannd
40.00 120.00 120.00
IX. POLITICAL SITUATION

oentinuod Allied ousoesoes during the year pro-
>ut t* «• out or at leant to to oonooalod,
th« » najorlty of tho pufclio eontinuea for tho first half of
prio0 '^5°® tho Britioh for tho eoononlo diotroas and hieh
tha C * , **J>oins thrown out that tho oolleation of wheat with
»raioQ BU1aP »ialoon bslp was for export to tho Allioi
**«d bevane c® cn however the c?ain cituatioa ioprov-
oyont tho ooot optiniotl* forMcoto, and tho Govcrment