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approached the Police awl (he judicial authorities to stop him from goimr but
be managed Ins escape quietly. The police sent telegrams to the intermediate
towns to have him returned, but nothing has been heard.
ah.- -Aglmi Nn/.imi, Excise OtKccr for Minab, arrived from Tehran via
HnsJnro on (ho (ith July, and proceeded to join his appointment on the l()th July
.a,- , ?’nsJn »»iil the post was finally abolished in Bandar Abbas
and .Minab in .September 1934.
Linpah.—'Mivm Masson Khan Dariabaghi, held charge as Director of Reve­
nue from November 1934.
National Haul: of Iran.—Aqeyi Zainal Abedin Khan Montazini remained as
Manager of the local bank throughout the year.
Two officials of the National Bank of Tran, Savycd Innyatullah Tabatabi
(younger brother of (he famous Sayyed Ziya, the carstwhilc Iranian Prime
Minister and Dictator) and Mr. Joseph, arrived on inspection duty from Kerman
and Bus hi re on the bill and 6th December 1934, respectively. The former went
to Bushire on the 13th and the latter proceeded to'Kerman on the 8th December
1934.
In April 1934, some 900 bars of silver were landed at Bandar Abbas from
England in transit to India via Kerman and Zahidan, most of the consignment
being handled by the. local branch of the National Bank. In May last the
Tttefaghoyeh & Co., received a telegram from Bombay that the Government of
India had put a stop to the importation of silver in transit from England to
India via Zahidan. This caused much embarrassment and the dealers, includ­
ing the National Bank of Iran, were holding up their consignments of about
1,500 bars. They were eventually obliged to ship to Bombay by B. 1. Steamers.
The selling quotations of the Bank on London and Bombay during the year
under report were as follows :—
On London—
Rials.
Highest 62 *00 pcr£.
Lowest GG-00 „
Average 784.0
On Bombay—
Highest 620 per Its. 100.
Lowest 4£9
Average 580

Post and Telegraphs.
Bandar Abbas.—Aglm Mirza Ibrahim Khan Arbabi remained in charge as
Director of Posts and Telegraphs throughout the year.
Parwaz, Director of Posts and Telegraphs for Gulf Ports, who travelled to
Jask by air, arrived at Bandar Abbas on inspection duty on the 27th September
and left for Bushire on the 11th October 1934.
The work of repairing the telegraph lines on Kishm Island, which links
Bandar Abbas by cable to Ilonjam, bad been taken in band by the local tele­
graph authorities m the beginning of the financial year, with a view to establish­
ing direct communication between the two places. At the time ot writing tins
report, the cable portion of ibis line still remains to be repaired.
In November, Mirza Najaf Azari, Accountant and Cashier of the local1 Post
Office who misappropriated Government money to the value of Rials and