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vi. cq-:utiicatio:?3.
Road3. Tho only two raotorable road3 - namely Far.dar Abbas/
Kerman and Bandar Abbao/Lar, built sevoral years ago have been
breached at several placoo but no repairs have been carried out#
Their condition is so bad that thev ar</’4iftf>£t for motor traffic#
/ scarcely fir
VII. ECONOMIC.
Thoro has been no shortage of wheat in Bandar Abba3
during the year but prices have fluctuated according to tho season.
In Way* when there were largo imports from the Truciol Coast nnd
Khorranohahr as well e.3 from the interior, the price fell to its
lowest i.o Rials 4/- per kilo. But in the months of November and
December when imports were stopped the price rose to Rials 2/- per
kilo.
Frices of most other commodities remained unchanged.
VIII. PP3LIC KE/L7K.
The year undor report wa3 comparatively healthier than
the previous year. Except for a few cases of typhoid and typhus
in early spring there were no cases of any other serious infectious
diseases. Guinea worm infection was on a milder scale. The same
was the case with malarial fever. Gastrc~intestInal disorders -
diarrhoea and dysentery wero however more frequent in children
and were responsible for at least half the deaths in their age
group. Eye and venereal diseases remained at the usual high level.
IX. J.GT5CP.0GICAL.

Hoxlmura temperaturo on 7.2.46 111.3 Feh.
ilinimuia n on 30.1.46 47.o 7ah.
Maximum Humidity 10C>
Minimum n 25*
Towal rainfall 5.76 inches
X. rUBLICITY.

During the year 1946 publicity activities in
Bandar Abbas were on a limited scale. There was only one
Reading Room which was supplied from Tehran -with all the usual
reading natter and publicity material. The Kerman Consulate
Cinema Van paid occasional visit3 there and gave successful shows
to the public, the schools, the military garrison, the Khunji Kills
and the Fish Canning Factory workers which wtsa greatly appreciated
ty all.
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His Majesty^ Consul,
Kernan and Bandar Abbas*