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                  The prices of A.l.O.C. petrol increased rr^dually during
          the yeer, the increase no doubt being due to the enhanced
          transport rates.    They were    i-
          Froi: January lot to February 27th       - Rials 63-50 per tin of
                                                                   4 gallons.
          From February 28th to July 6th                    68.50      w
          Fro;u July 6th to December 31st                   76.00
              (c) Church missionary Society
             (i) Hospital. Dr. H.B- '.Vila held charge of the O-L'.S.
          Hoa^itel trirouThout the year* On February 3rd, he was joined
  I       by Dr. (Miss) K. Blackwood, who arrived here from Australia
          to look after the women’s section of the Hospital. The work
          dcr.e by the Hospital c .ntir.ued to be excellent in spite of 3
          shortage of European nursing staff. The charitable work has
          to a 1-rge extent been made possible by the monetary grants
          cade by the Ans.14-Iranian Relief Fund and their assistance
          in obtaining necessary drugs for the hospital.
                  Hospital statistics durir^ the year were as follows
                  Total in-patient beds                 110
                  English Staffs Doctors                  2
                                   ITurses
                  Irani Stiff : Hale Nuraes              12
                                   Female nurses         11
                  Total in-patients admitted           1228
                  Tot^l outpatients attendances       32484
                  Operations    s Major                 534
                                  Minor                 955
                  Totil number of injections          19560
                  Doctors* vioits to town (about)      1500

             (ii) St, Ar.drev.1 s Ch arch. The Reverend A.T. How den wus the
          Pastor in ci:=.rge till jsnu-ry 26th. From then till the end
          of the yesr, the Chcplsin's unties were carried out by Reverend
          Rszavi.
            (ill) Miss C. Stratton continued to run the Women’s Welfare
          Centre in Kerman.


          IV. FORSIT* INTERESTS
                  There were no foreign representatives in Herman during
          the year. Due to difficulties in obtaining shippin^; facilities
          -’nd to other war-time restrictions, import tr3de viith foreign
          countries was at a standstill.      According to figures obtained
          from the Certificates of Origin :-nc* Interest issued by this
          Conoulate, the only item exported during the year from Kerman
          was carpets, the destination in all cases being Hew York,         The
          total value oi' carpets exported amounted to Rials 12,407,S06/65.
          V,     LOCAL GOYSR?3JSKT
              (a) Governor General.
                  Aq&i Ahmad Rad held charge of the post of Governor General
          till the 23rd July, 1944, when he left for Tehran on transfer.
          He *a3 one of the few honest officials in the district and  was
          exceptionally friendly and co-operative in all his dealings
          with this Consulate. It is suspected that his transfer w*a
          engineered by certain local officials who found his presence
          in Kerman inimical to their interests. Hi3 departure was.
          however, generally regretted.

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