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02 PERSIAN GULF ADMINISTRATION REPORT
Tlio following 13 a statement of tho rovonuo due for the year
and of that actually collected and expected to bo collected:— 1913^
REVENUE OF THE PROVINCE OF KERMAN, EXCLUSIVE OFBALUCIIISt
AN.
Total Annual Demand.
Cash—317,000 Tomans.
Kind—5,800 Khar wars of grain.

Cash. Kind.
Collected in tbe year-
Tomans. Kharwars.
191 1-12
} • No records, bnt Mr. Lccoffre 6ays that it may
1912-13 assumed that tbo landowners who had to Pay paid
even more than was due from them.
1913 Nauruz to Dec* 190,000. 4,500 grain.
Estimated collections from January
to Nauruz 1914. 65,000. Nil.

REVENUE OF BALUCHISTAN.

Total Annual Demand.
Cash—39,635 Tomans.
Kind—3,000 Kharware grain.
Collections from 1911 to date—Nil.
Estimated collection from January to Nauruz—Nil.
To the figures relating to Kerman Mr. Lccoffre adds the following notes
“ With the exception of 350 Kharwars, part of which Baluchis looted in
Khabis, and the rest the Afshars refuse to pay, all the grai n has
come in
“The amount of reductions to be grantod will not he less than 25,000
tomans—a clear loss to Government.
These reductions may be divided under the heads;—
1. Impoverished or dispersed tribes.
2. Pillage and looting of Baluchis.
3. Collected in excess by former Governors during last two years."
With reference to the Amir Mufakham’s expedition the following note by
Mr. Lecoffre is of interest
Paid in or otherwise accounted for to the Revenue Department by the
Amir Mufakham:—
Tomans.
" Bam-Ntrznashir 444
Rudbar . 12,66 4
Aqta-Bezenjan , . 12,827
Sirjan . 3,000

Total . 28,935
The total amount of the Treasury’s olaims on those districts was approxi­
mately 120,000 tomans, a good deal of which the tax-farmers olaimed to bave
disbursed for Government purposes and which the Amir accepted as justified.
Another portion of this sum was discreetly passed over and accepted as irre­
coverable by the Amir and the farmers."
In August, after tbe Amir Mufakham’s return, Mr. Loooffre found timo fco
turn his attention to other matters, and he announced the impending inuoauc-
tion of tho “ Nawaqii ” (animal and vehicle) taxes, and issued orders tor o
resumption of Government lands in the town whioh had been appropriated