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wool, carets continued to be very expensive during the year.
Loc 1 tr^de v;«t3 ot ft standstill snu exports from Kerman to
other con tries, were difficult owing to the restrictions imposed
by the w*r and the unavailability of shipping space- While
there were some merchants who made large profits at the
beginning of the ;/e-r, many had to give uA. weaving completely
bna to dismantle their looms. The greater portion of the
carpets completed during the year were sent to Toiiran, while
America was*the only country to Which they were exported.
Kurshia Lills. Due to the difficulty in obtaining -on
ade-a.uii.te Smoun. of rav. cotton, production was curtailed to eoste
extent. In suuition to cotton yarn, cotton piece^ooos were
also produced 5no. aolu locsllj or sent to other towns. The
aiviuend. earned during the year is not yet known.

(n) Transport.
Captain Harper arrived in Kerman in February to taka
charge of the. Transport Department. He was joined in April
by i..ajcr Boyd. Towards the end of that month, they were
both re • laced by four members of the American Army, who were
however* recalled tc Tehran four hi on tin later. From then until
the ena ox the year, the Hoed Transport Depart..ent was unaer
the charge of Captain J.*f. Wilson.
VI. iriLITAHY.
General Officer Commanding. Ssr-i-Lashksr Abdul Rezo
Afkhar.i .'.aid charge of tna post of General Officer Commanding
the 7th Division till the 15th September 1944.. In an inter­
view which he hud with H.lf. Consul s few cays prior tc his
departure, he stated trst hi* transfer from Kerman tss due
chiefly to the intrigues sui- to hs»ve been instituted by the
ex-Governor General, Ahmud Rad, an- ether interested merchants
against the Icruhimi family, of which he is ft memoer. General
.».i'xhaiui v.a= to ft large extent responsible for the Improvement
in the general security- in the Province et the beginning of
the 2nd half of the year ana for the military measures against
the c ana it Huts u -A1 i-IIuru d, which compelled the latter eventu­
ally to take refuge in flight from the dirjan district where
he bud been increasingly troublesome.
5srtip Ali Askar 3ha *ri arrived in Kerman on the 17th
September a* successor to General Afxhami and held charge of
the postfbr the remainder of the year, Ee come with the
firm determination of wiping out banditry and one of his first
moves v;as to h'ng five captured robbers publicly in their own
villages. He nsde a number cf tours to various areas ia the
Province, including Sir jam, Bandar Abbes end Persian L-ekran.
Though a few bad cases of hold-ups occurred during his period
officef his efforts had the effect of discouraging organised
raids on villages by large gangs.
Staff Officer. Lieutenant Colonel Alikai was Staff
Officer to the G.O.C. during the year. He made*a number of
tours in the district and directed operations ago ins t hoJtile
tribesmen.
Chief /.lilitary Medical Officer. Colonel Owhadi held
cnarge or the post or Chief Military radical Officer till August.
received telegraphic orders of suspension from Tehran. *
At the end of the same month, hewtver, he was reinstated in this
post, whicn he continued to hold for the remainder of the year.

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