Page 562 - PERSIAN 9 1941_1947

4.
V. LOCAL OOVERir.fENT,
(a) Govomor General, Aqai UeMi Shahrukh hold tho post
of Governor Goneral from the boginning of the year^intil the
20th of Juno when ho was recalled to Tehran. During his period
of offico ho showed great timidity in handling tho disputos which
aro.-e over elections for the Provincial Council and a lack of
enterprise or Interest in the affairs of the province. Tho Tudoh
Party in Kerman also thrifved as a result of weakness which ho
displayed towards then.
In his absence Aqai Adi Isfar.dyarl, tho Formandar,
officiated as ^standor In addition to his'own duties.
About tho beginning of October Sartip All Qader, the
G.O.C., received Instructions from Tehran to carry out tho duties
of the Ustandar until the arrival of the Ustandar designate,
Aqai Reza Hikmat ( Sender Fakhir ). Shortly after, Sartip Qadar
was obligod to hand over the affairs of the Ustandari to Sartip
Vahdati as the former was busily engaged in supervising the despatch
of troops to quell the tribal revolt in the Shiraz area. Vahdati
officiated for a day or two after which he handed over to Aqai
Hikmat who arrived in Kerman on the 12th October and remained until
the end of the year. Aqai Hikrcat was fortunate in arriving in
Kerman after the influence of the Tudeh Party was &n the wane. As
a result of his representations /regarding the bad water situation
in the province the Shah granted a sum of two million rials to
improve the water supply in Kerman and Baluchistan. The Ustandar
visited Tehran twice by air during the year to obtain instructions
In connection with the Democrat Party and the holding of elections
for the 15th Majlis.

(b) Farr.andsr, Aqai Adi Isfar.dyarl ( Adl-us-Saltanth )
held the post of Farmaraar, Kerman, throughout the year.
(c) Economic and Finance Department. Aqai Moosa Khattatan
arrived In Kerman cn the 17th January in the capacity of Director
of Finance, 8th Usten, which post he held throughout th9 year.
He had strong Tudeh sympathies and gave the best posts in his
department to those of similar views. Between the 19th September
and the 25th October he was in Tehran on leave.

Aqai Jabbari remained as Head of the local Finance
Deportment until the first week of August after which he was
recalled to Tehran for his Tudeh sympathies.
Aqai Hussain All Khan Farzan remained as Head of the
Economic Department and dealt with grain collection and the
distribution of sugar and tea throughout the year.
A case of embezzlement involving a sum of 40,000.—
tomans was discovered in the Finance Department about the middle
of the year and a commission was'despatched from Tehran to in-
-vestigate and report. One person who was reported to have been
in possession of information which would hav/benefit the offenders
to justice was found dead in suspicious circumstances and was said
to have been murdered by them. The case Is still under Investigation
in the local courts.
(d) Agricultural Department. Aqai Lluhsin Sheikh-ul-Islarai
hold the post of Manager of the Agricultural Department until the
15th November when he was transferred to Tehran and relieved by
Aqai Muhandis Mustafa ^hah ^lai who took over charge on the 27th
November. Though timely rains fell in the winter months and tho
whent and barley crops were regarded as average, the prices of
thoco grains remained comparatively high during the ve ar. No drops
are reported to have been drjnaged by 1 sen *( rust ). The frdit
crop was good.

CottfT* The cotton crcp was excellent and sufficient to moot all
local demands.