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Owing to greater facilities afforded to. local traders, the National Bank
have prosperous in their business as compared with the Imperial

„„ .N?’rV .brnVchcs'vero .°Pencd hy tlle National Bank during the year.
Their luitsiujan blanch continued to remain in charge of a Persian Manager.
Herr Meyer took great interest at the beginning of the year in the Spinning
Mill project, but when M. Rudolf Ortcl, representing the German firm of
Simens Hnlskcr failed in his attempts to induce the Kerman share-holders to
import the machinery from Germany, Mr. Meyer’s enthusiasm disappeared
simultaneously.
Police. Y awar Seyyid Sadiq Ivhan, Sheikh-ul-Islami, continued to remain
in charge of the Police Department in Kerman throughout tho year. The post
of Rais-i-Police (head of the Police office) was abolished in Mav. There was
no instances of undue interference by the Police authorities with the British
subjects, throughout the year.
Justice.—Mirza Reza Khan, Tajaddud, remained as Chief of the Appeal
Court throughout the year. There are at present, besides the Appeal Court,
two lower courts in Kerman, called Bidayat and Sulhieh. A good deal of delay
is caused in the conduct of cases, particularly in the two last court®. British
traders, not very many at the present time, have as a rule adopted the course
of settling their claims privately instead of going*to the Courts.
Orders were received in July for the amalgamation of the Kerman and
Khuzistan Appeal Courts, functioning for 8 months of the year at the former
place and the remaining four months at Alnvaz. The Appeal Court, therefore,
proceeded to its winter headquarters in December.
The jurisdiction of the Adlieh Court at Bandar Abbas was, in the month
of October, extended to Sirjan in the Kerman province, where it will in future
move tor the summer mouths.
Posts and Telegraphs.—Mirza Ahmed Khan, Waziri, was the Director of
Posts and Telegraphs at the beginning of the year, but he was replaced by
Prince Afsar in June. Mirza Fazlullah Khan, Director of Telegraph Lines.in
the South visited Kerman early in the year to repair the wires in the Nusret-
abad-Sipi and Zahidan section.
The Telegraph Administration has- worked satisfactorily on the whole,
though urgent messages are not accepted for transmission at night. Telegrams
received after sun-down are also sent out for delivery the following morning.
Education.- -There has been no substantial increase in the Budget grant for
Educational purposes in the province, though a promise had been given at the
beginning of the year. It later transpired that the increase sanctioned for
Kerman was transferred by orders from the Shah to a northern province. The
number of schools has not materially increased, but, owing to the endeavours
of Mirza Hassan Khan Jaudat, the Chief of this Department, the number of
pupils in the year increased by 300.
Dyeing and drawing is now being taught in the technical school in Kerman.
The Parsi School had to close down its Middle classes due to the fact that
the proceeds of the endowed estates dedicated for this school, decreased in
consequence of the damage caused to landed properties by the July floods. The
Parsis in Bombay also give considerable support to this school.
Anwieh.—Nail) Sarhang Abdullah Khan, Tumaj, remained in charge of
the Amnieh Department throughout the year. The satisfactory work done by
this Department has been commented upon elsewhpre. The discipline of tho
force which is about 1,000 strong has, on the whole improved.
No new Municipal taxes were introduced during the year and the house tax
of 3 per cent, on tho calculated annual rent, which was to be introduced in
March 1931, hqe not yet been collected.
Mmieipalitu.—T]\e Municipal authorities seem to be occupied mainly with
tho cutting of new avenues throughout the town, and a num.be.r of those have
already been cut causing demolition of now houses durirtg tho year. No
endeavours arc, however, made to pay compensation, oven to the poorer classes.