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materialise, and Sirjan still continues to be in the Kerman
lion. Adlicli jurijsdic-

additional court, under one of the reserve judges of the Appeal Court to fi«,}
with criminal cases exclusively. * ucai
As the result of investigations made by Shahshahani, an Inspector from
the Aliinstry of Justice, into charges of corruption brought against r«wn !
oilicials of the Adlieh Department in Kerman. Sayycd Ali Khan Kabir Dublin
Prosecutor of the Bcdnynt Court, and Sayycd Muhammad Ali Jandaqi\
one of
the leading pleaders, wore put under arrest in the month of June. They were
eventually released on bail and proceeded to Tehran for trial. J
Mirzn Sayycd Muhsin Ivlian Mined, the Investigating Judge, was nlnccd
the waiting list in the same connection. 1 cctl 311
Iii spite of all this, there has been no noticed improvement in the administra­
tion of Justice in the province, and the dilatory methods ruling in the local
courts have gone from bad to worse since the transfer of Da war to the Finance
Office.
Registration of property.—Mohamad Iiassan Khan Shahpuri (Tqtidnr-us-
Snltan), formerly a Judge in the Appeal Court, Kerman, was appointed Chief
of the Registration Office, Kerman in the month of August, but the Registration
Office did not start functioning until the latter part of November.
The Kerman town and environs have been divided into different sections,
the time allowed for the registration of property in respect of each section being
two months, which can be extended to three months, if necessary.
The regsitration fees amount to 1.25 per cent, of the value, excluding the
* preliminary expenses ’, which vary from Rials. 6 to Rials. 500 for property
valued up to Tomans 50 and over Tomans 50,000, respectively.
A peculiar problem has cropped up in connection with the registration of
property by the fact that a large number of shops in this province bold what is
locally called the right of ‘ Sarqufli originating in the privilege enjoyed by
the first occupant to transfer his * right of priority ’ to other parties.
The money which has in this way changed hands, from time to time, amounts
in many cases to three or four times the actual value of the property concerned,
and such shops are, therefore, left with two owners, each of whom draws a
separate rent.
As there appears to be no provision in the laws of the country to deal with
this extra ownership, the Registration authorities refuse to recognize the right
of the ‘ Sar-qufli * owners and the latter have therefore made representations
to Tehran on the subject.
Prince Afsar remained in charge of the Post and Telegraph Department
throughout the year. The delivery arrange­
Posts and Telegraphs.
ments so far as mails are concerned are still
not as satisfactory as could be desired.
Mirza Sayyed Ja’far Khan Nabavi, who took over the offices and lines from
the Indo-European Telegraph Department in Kerman in 1931, arrived from
Tehran at the end of June, to supervise the disposal of the remaining property
left by the Indo-European Telegraph Department of which several lorry loads
were despatched to Tehran in the month of September.
Mirza Hassan Khan Jaudat, who held the post of Director of Education in
Kerman since December 1927, was recalled in
Education.
the month of August, and Mirza Abdul
Karim Khan Ibrahimi, the Assistant Director, remained in charge for the rest
of the year.
A sixth class was added to the Shahpur School, one of the three Governmen
Primary Schools in Kerman, in the month of December, and arrangements nr
being made to open a new girls’ school, with four primary classes, in one or i
suburbs of the town.
At the present moment the budget of the Education Department in this
province amounts to Rials 574,050 in the year.
The Pnrsi School which had to close down its middle classes for
funds during 1932, managed to start a seventh and an eighth class, cm y
the help of charitable suberiptions from Bombay, during the year.