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in the cs.ee of imports U.t Iranian customs conversion rate hug
teen exiled. v %
Trudo figuree for the second I-*lf of 1941 arc not avail*
able tut they wo-la probably ohow some increase in imports into
tills urea from Inuiu toti. Ly the land and sea routes*
in.'lotlIranian Oil Co. lire f.erman branch of tl.o Coapany,
whien aapplies for .ost Iran also pest, maintained
svih—e^tnr 1 ea at hu/aiir »Dbas, ii&fsinjun, nirjan 2.1x1 Haiti. It is
geld that with the increase in roud transport charges the tax
Company is selling its products in ..set iran H a loss.
Church •.isgionsrv Jociety. (a) Hedic >1» Dr(Uiss) ilowgute was
in charge of U.e hoapltal throughout the ye*r aval*loo by
Dr(iJisa) Blackwood who arrived in .•’.ay'* The Meo&cul •“ fficcr-ln-
Charge elao acted wg uecicul officer to H.X'g Consulate* There
were 623 in-patientg and 22,794 out-patient attendances during
the year* In the absence of any gjvcrrowmt institution Uie
Society continues tJ render valuable service to thw co-iaunity*
(b) St .ndrewe Church. Hev* .-..?* Howden remained in charge
throughout the year*
There was no interference by the local authorities with
any branch of the ’.ociety's won in Keno/in.
IV - Foreign Interests
fapresentation* -There were no other foreign representatives
in this area.
Trade. The decline in see-borne trade, particularly imports,
owing to the war is illustrated by the following figures for
the port of Hand&r ..thus (omitting United Kingdoa and India ;i-
131S( endlrw cUth ilarch, 19-11) 1318
Exports 1*511 21,7W,G00 ;iU 1 22.375.000
Imports 9,541,000 22.491.000
duger from Java represented more than one-half the
total "foreign0 imports during 1319 while an appreciable
quantity of sugar was also imported from ivgypt.
in spite of the intsrnaiion.il situation the corpst
industry hud a reasonably good year* during the trade year
1319 carpets valued at £70,670 were despatched from Kerman to
.aeries ena a further quantity valued at £26.000 were sent to
Tehran, against a total of ££5,300 despatched from Kerman to
xaerioa and the United Kingdom during the previous year* >ith
America's entry into the wur fewer orders were being placed*
V - Local ''-overrent
Os tender (Governor Ceneral)* The post remained vacant until
September when rayed "ehdi rarrukh arrived. \ former
Minister, of Industry and "oads and one time •. mbaacador to
Afghani!tan, his last post vug that of vstnndor, Furs*
yhrmiRdnr (Governor). This post remained vacant, the head
clerk of U;e Fumindari officiating, until the arrival of
Vebdl Shah rush at the end of Pay* Aith the arrival of the
Pstandar there was friction between the two officers and Tehdi
Shahrukh was recoiled to Tehran* He was replsced in .-•ecember
by Pe*i» Fahimi*
Other local r>er>artaentg. The year began with The detention of
the assistant director of education for alleged misappro­
priation and the arrest of U.e Kerman Income Tax officer -----
charged with corruption* In nnrcfc the post of .gricultural
adviser to the L'stufldur was abolished) there have also been
constant changes in other depurtawutsj the Chief of folic**
Pasyar 11 Ismail ^uwa.ai, being replaced by .11 .kbur sea in
November sftt.r having been in nerrun for less Uian 7 months*
In the sa^i month .bdul /.avim i.svasani took up his post us
Chief Jus tic* anu in gcce.aber .hand *11 Beni ndum boc.^ae the
now head of the municipality*
It is to Lt hoped that such of the present local
officials who any not be suspended will not, in future, spend
/ most of their
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