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I - Consulate
1 ersormcl. ^Jor 3*\ • z'alconer I.F.3. held charge of the
consul-.r area throughout the ye?»r*
Mr* H** , Ollnton-ThoacAg assumed charge of the additional
poat of Vice Consul | Kerman on the 3rd Becotabor*
Juried let ion The district of Yezd was included in the Juris­
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diction of the Consul at r er.aun in rcto-ber for geographicul
reasons • Yezd was formerly under tho Consul) Jhiraz*
Tour8, H.y’e Consul made the following tours during the ye&rt-
Uondir vbbus - £5th-30th ’.larch; 25th-28th September (in
connection with tho departure of the ox-3hah).
Yead, Isfahan d Tehran - 21st .pril-10th kayj 22nd October-
4th Movember*
^hirax - lst-6th June j 5th-9th - u^ust.
H.w*a Vice Consul proceeaea to Bandar vbbss on 27th
Uecember*
His UaJejty^g Birthday* Ho reception was held owing to the war
but the customary callus were made*
Consular statistics(1941) -
British subjects registered 24
Passports issued 6
Passports renewed 9
Vitas granted 10
documents legalised '4
Pees levied £10il2sQ

II - Visitors
Ur Sheaban of the Imperial Bank of Iran arrived ut Korean
from £shidan on 7th voveuber and examined the possibilities of
re-opening a branch of the Bank at Kerman* He left for Tehran
on the 9 th Hoveaber*
The Ht-Atvd. .:«*J. Thompson, Bishop in Iran, visited Korean
for a fortnight in January and November*
The Italian -.’mister from "ehran arrived in Kerm&n from
Shirks on 23rd vpril and lert for Tehran two days later*
i:r. J.Hoose of the .oericun I.option, Tehran, arrived in
Kerman on 11th .pril ana loft for Bandar -vbbss on the 13th*
* ailit»ry reconnaissance party consisting of Lt-Colonel
llusor erxl four other British officers passed through Korean
on 8th November from dahiciaji ana returned to <&hid*n end
Quetta vta^MUMian on 28th November*
III - British Interests

Trade *(via Bandari-btas) United Kingdom, tar conditions,
principally restricted shipping7 further reduced trace with
Iran. Figures for the trade ye ax* ending 20th Uarch. 1941,
show exports to the United Kingdom amounting to ;-.i>ls 1,022,000
(£5,Oo3) - red oxide A gum trajacanth - against b lals 9,164,300
(£60,912) - carpets, wool A red oxide - for the preceding year*
Imports from the United Kingdom olso declined from
; ials 1,048,600(£5,620) to bi as 308,000(£2*200).
India* Similarly tea-borne trade with Indio also declined:
exp or ts amounted to r 1*1 s 1,616,000(C9,000) - against
BialS 21536,900(£14,068) - tho principal items be ini; dx'ied
U, nuts a gun tru£*ccnth|
fruit
imports Rials *1,918,000(£13,700) - against ';lals
2,816,500(C15,e47) - mainly spicco and tea.
Hots* Sterling values^** are arrived at by u*in<? the average
"black-rate" of exobarv,*: fur the two periods dealt with and,