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charge of thi3 Ustan from January Until tho 22nd May when he
left for Tohra n to discu33 outstanding affairs of tho Prov-
-ir.ce in Tehran* Chief ar.ong3t them wore (a) the need for
improving the totally inadequate v/ator supply of Kerman (b)
tho need for stronger noasures for the maintenance of security
in the Province and (c) tho retention of otherwise of Mukran
a s a farmanda ri subordinate to the Qth Ustan. After pro­
longed discussions with the Minister of the Interior and tho
prime Minister, from whom he got no satisfaction, ho sought
and obtained an audience with II. I.II. tho Shah who promised to
consider his recommendations sympathetically. Greatly dis-
-couraGod eventually with the ineptitude of his Government he
resigned in July, On the loth October Aqal Llehdi Shahrukh
wa$. sent to Kerman as Ustanaar and he remained in office for
the remainder of tho year.
Aqai Fazlulah Bahrami e&Joyed great popularity owing
to the energy a nd initiative he displayed in his attempts to
provide amenities for the public; for his strenuous efforts to
encourage the development of the local coal seams in Kuh Badumu;
for his great solicitude for the poor and destitute whom he help-
-ed In a practical way by arranging to supply them food and
other essentials at special reduced prices during the winter.
He was an honest and efficient official and a great loss to the
province.

(b) Farr.andar. On the 7th February Aqai Vosuq, an In-
-spector of the Ministry of the Interior who was carrying out
the duties of the Farnandar, was summoned to Tehran and re­
lieved by A cui Isfandiari (Adi us-Sultaneh), the ex-farnandar
of ilsrnansha h. iVhen Aqai Fazlulah Bahrami left for Tehran on
the 22nd May A qai Isfandiari was acting ustandar in addition to
his own duties until the 13th October on which date Aqai Mendi
Shanrukh a ssumed charge.

(c) Economic and Finance Department.
Er.D.F.Tribonn held the post of Director General of
Finance, Kernan, from the beginning of the year until the 26th
July when, for reasons of health, he resigned his appointment
and left for Tehran. On the 2jt.h Jan ary he received instruc­
tions from Tehran limiting his economic powers to the collect­
ion of opium and incoma ta x. Aqai Hussain All Farzan was then
appointed as Rasi-i-ICharbar (Head of the Economic Department)
who dealt w ith the distribution of monopoly goods, i.e. tea,
sugar, cloth, cigarettes and grain collection. Aqai Hassan Imaml
wa s appointed as Director of Finance but owing to disagreement
with Mr.Tribonn he was instructed by the latter to proceed to
Tehran on tho 21st April after which Aqai Jabbari was appointed
to officiate for the rest of the year in the collection of opium
and Income tax.
(d) Agricultural Departments
A qai Sheikh ul l3laai was Head of the Agricultural
Department throughout the year.
The exceptionally good rainfall at the beginning of
the year promised a good whoat crop but the authorities state
that the late frost at the end of March followed by ’sen* (rust)
caused seme damage. There is roason, however, to believe that
the harvest wa s above average*
The cotton crop was reported to have been good but
tho i £lce of this ccrr.odityyLn tho open market effectively placed
It c*:t of reach of tho ordinary man. In July tho Government con-
-trcl of cotton was lifted. As the demand for cotton regains
fuCroSklta^ai'av^ioa^"6®2, araa3 wlU b* davot0(1 ln tba

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