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occurrence. As tlie force becomes
below umlcr llto beading "Distribution oE more fir*]*
established and bettor disciplined, causn f,;r
1 Illicit4 ", ce:;:plaint will automation*.!/ disappear.
ROADS.
Table showing “ ralulari ” exactions in 19)3.
Bushlrc-Shiraz Rond.—Tlio following tabic lias compared with figures for 101*2-13 : —
is the result of a careful record kept of the animals
leaving llushiro during tho year : — Pz* Mai
Mulct. DooVfj*. Ctudi. 1912-13. 1913-14.
8c!
March 21—31 3.704 Kr»rj. • Kr»r.« — ». i
Apr3 . 6,319 3.5S7 March 21-33 19 G5 6 J
3Taj . 1.0S1 1,197 Maj . 27 30 1370 3 3
June . 2.039 309 Jor.« . 13 00 4 11
Julj . 2,511 1,03# | Jo’.j 3230 10 45 3 9»
Aagrut 1.023 3.024 AcgTut 11*25 4 l
ScptexVtr 2,218 1.401 September 4l<5 10-25 3 9
Octol-cr 2,212 1.CG3 Oct:ber 47*30 1-200 4 4,
November 035 859 Xevember 2513 AVI.
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Dcrexler 1,533 : 333 Dc-.-ejiber 21-50 .V !L
Janntry 2.301 674 Jst.iv j 25-33 y*i.
PebruiTj 005 1,255 Ft:ruftry -25-35 Sit.
l
March 1—20 l.SC-9 3,491 {<*) 1,011
Gaveruzne:i Forwarding D*ps::xeat nad Mule Hire Agree*
xtit.
(a) Also sox* 2,000 d:nVc-jt, which tool- grain to Shiraz.
The mule hire agreement inaugurated in De­
The Kazarun route from Bushire to Shiraz cember 1012 remained in force throughout the
continued in use throughout the year, and though year. The forwarding merchants met regularly
traffic was interrupted on two occasions in consc- at monthly intervals for the purpose of fixing
queues of attacks on the gendarmerie, it. was not rair3 of hire and discussing other matters of
found necessary to divert c-.ravans to any of the common interest. The encouragement given by
alternative r:utes as has from time to time been general agreement of the members to donkeymen
the case in the past to work on the Bushire-Shiraz section has re­
The Persian new year found the Persian sulted in record numbers of auimals plying on
gendarmerie under Swedish officers in partial this route during the first-half of 1914, and has
occupation of the portion of the road between done much to solve the transport problem, con­
Kazarun and Shiraz, and no exactions were sequent on the diminishing number of mules,
reported. which has recently become acute.
The agreement has however been the subject
In November the gendarmerie took over the of some controversy. Firms forwarding piece-
rest of the road down to Basbire, and for the goods exclusively complained, and justly, that
first time for many years caravans performed the their stocks being valuable were numerically»
Sbiraz-Bushixe journey without paying a penny mere fraction of those of the large importers of
iu rabdari.
sugar, and that the system of proportionate dis­
The gendarmerie have done work for which tribution of mules according to stocks in hand
tho mercantile community have caused to be ex­ was unfair to them, particularly as traders, who
tremely thankful. From November onwards had obtained a large number of mulca in virtu®
rabdari has cease^ to be levied, and this fact of a big stock of sugar, were at liberty to utilis®
alone is one cf the first magnitude in the history all for transporting piece-goods.
of the Bushire-Sbiraz road. The road is ---- Modifications in the system of distribution
now
perfectly secure and robberies are of the rarest | of animals have been introduced by which sugar