مجموعة ٢٨ /١٧ "بلاد فارس؛ يوميّات؛ قنصلية كرمان ١٩٣١-١٩٣٩." [و‎‎٦‎٢] (١٠٦٩/١٢٣)

Diary of His Majesty’s Consulate, Kerman,
16. Local Officials .—Keference paragraph
3.
The Governor General returned from
Bam on the 4th, and on arrival at Kerman
despatched the Russian Engineer of the
Roads Department to the former place to
draw plans for Khayabans through the
town of Bam, the construction of which
His Excellency had in view.
The work on the circus and other new
Khayabans in the Kerman town has slack
ened down to some extent for want of
funds. A sum of about Tumans 18,000
is in deposit at the present moment with
the National Bank of Persia on account of
subscriptions received from other pro
vinces and collected locally for distribution
among the sufferers from the 1932 floods.
The Governor General however is anxious
to use this money on the construction of
Khayabans on the ground that the amount
is very small in comparison to the bumber
of sufferers. His Excellency’s idea is to
compensate the latter by the grant of
plots from the Municipality lands, whether
appreciated or not, and to utilize this cash
for the purpose mentioned above.
The channels on the two sides of the
Khayaban-i-Shahpur in Kerman were
watered for the first time during the month,
the idea being to plant trees on both sides.
Owing to wrong level and a number of
under-ground houses having existed before
and having now been filled with ordinary
earth, a great deal of damage was caused
by the flowing water. During the latter
part of the month the Governor General
was very busy remedying this unforeseen
consequence.
17. Reference paragraph 4.
Sarhang Baqir Khan, accompanied by
Yawar Azizullah Khan of the Am^ieh
Department paid a vist to Bandar Abbas
during the month.
18. Naib Sarhang Tumaj, chief of the
Amnieh in the Kerman province, proce d-
ed to Zahidan in the beginning of the mo th
to meet the G. 0. C. of the Amnieh forces
at that place.
19. Local Affairs. —A representative of
the Syndicate from Tehran, said to be
a Polish subject, arrived at Kerman on the
17th to study the question of improving
the methods for preparing dried fruit for
No. 2, for the month of February 1933.
export. After visiting a few villages in the
Province, he returned to Tehran on the 26th.
20. Mr. Hartmann of the National Bank
of Persia arrived from Bandar Abbas on
the 24th, accompanied by his wife and an
interpreter. After inspecting the Kerman
branch of the National Bank the party
returned to Tehran on the 27th.
Mr. Hoofer, the Bank’s Bandar Abbas
Manager had accompanied the party up to
Sirjan and they all had a bitter experience
of driving on the Bandar Abbas-Kerman
road without a mechanic.
21. Reference paragraph 7..
The Governor General was ordered from I
Tehran at the latter part of the month to
re-imburse to the share-holders the first
instalment paid by them into the National
Bank of Persia over a year ago for the '
spinning mill concern. The majority of
the share-holders, particularly those who
do not cultivate, or deal in, cotton, are j
rejoiced over this news. The Governor-
General however is endeavouring that the
money already collected should be utilized
for the formation of a local Company to
deal in the export of Kerman products,
chiefly pistachio nuts. He is experiencing
great opposition and has very little hope of
success.
22. Mirza Hussein Khan, Waziri, an
official of the Finance Department, was
put under arrest during the month on a
charge of misappropriating money while
holding the appointments of Financial
Assistant at Bam and Baft.
23. The local Chamber of Commerce were
busy during the month receiving applica
tions from merchants desiring to obtain
licenses to trade in sugar and going through
their claims in accordance with the ins
tructions issued from Tehran to regulate
the sale of sugar at the Custom Houses.
24. The Military authorities held a
£ jashn ’ at which fireworks were displayed,
to celebrate the anniversary of the Coup
d'etat, on the 22nd. Speeches were
delivered by the Governor-General and the
Officer Commanding the Kerman Brigade.
No invitations were sent to foreign subjects
this time, though one or two American
carpet firms lent a number of carpets for
decoration purposes.