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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [49r] (97/817)
The record is made up of 1 file (407 folios). It was created in 7 Sep 1938-1 Jan 1946. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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sive discussions were held in respect to certain parts of the current year’s Cereals
and Bread Regulations. The Commission desired that modification of the regulations
^sbe made with respect to the following points:
1. That the Government refrain from collecting any surplus grain directly from
peasants;
2. That the exemptions from collection from petty landlords be increased irom
1/2 ton to 1 ton;
3. That the price to be paid for grain should be the same everywhere and
that no deduction should be made because of the difference in distances to the
grain depots because of the difference in transportation costs;
4. 'lhat there should be no penalty charged against the grain containing more
than 5 percent impurities;
5. That the price of grain in the country should be the same as last year’s;
6. That transport of grain to towns should be permitted freely.
After comprehensive discussions it was decided to exempt entirely the peasants
surplus from collection by the Government, and a regulation to that effect was is
sued. This action was taken upon the insistence of the members of the Majless and
it may result in reducing collections to a point where the bread supply of the nabon
may be endangered. Should there be shortages in the supply of tread in the towns
later in the year, the responsibility for this situation has been assumed by the Maj
less and is not the responsibility of myself or of the Cereals and Bread Section.
With regard to the recommendation for an increase of exemptions to the petty
landlords it is believed that the exemption of the peasants’ share has so handicapped
our collection program that further modifications which will result in lower collection
cannot be approved. A substantial concession has already been made to the petty
landlords under Cereals and Bread Regulation No. 149/9 which increased the exemp
tions to 1/2 ton. Even this concession has brought protests from our officials in the
provinces who have reported its adverse effect upon collection.
3. Referring to point 3 above, with regard to transport cost, the practice this
year is the same as last year. It is a universal commercial practice that producers
haul their product to markets and that the more distant producers pay higher trans
port costs. This difference in costs is taken into consideration by owners when they
buy or sell properties, and no hardship is involved in the continuance of a sy>tem
that has always been ar. accepted commercial practice.
4. Referring to point 4, it is considered that a--percent tolerance without penalty
is a reasonable standard for impurities. The double deduction above 5 percent is to
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Papers reporting on the financial situation in Iran, sent by staff at the British Legation at Tehran (Horace James Seymour; Reader William Bullard) to the Foreign Office, London. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/3 ‘Persia. Financial situation’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3394).
The file includes:
- Covering letters enclosing copies of the monthly Bulletin , produced by the Bank Melli Iran (also referred to as the Mellié Iran Bank, and Banque Mellié Iran). The copies of Bulletin are not included in the file (although some front covers do survive), however the covering letters give short summaries of their lead articles.
- Details and estimates for Iran’s annual budgets, with numerous statistical tables.
- Correspondence dated December 1939 to February 1940 relating to irrevocable documentary confirmed credits (irrevocable letters of credit) opened by Bank Melli Iran through banks in India (ff 356-361).
- Copies of laws passed by the Iranian Parliament, including a law relating to war credits and treasury bills (in French, f 334), a Law for the Prevention of Hoarding (ff 325-329) and an Income Tax Law (ff 262-271).
- Correspondence and budget reports dated 1943-1944, produced during the takeover of the administration of Iran’s Finance Ministry by a mission from the United States, led by Arthur Chester Millspaugh.
At the front of the file (ff 4-200) are fourteen monthly reports of the Administrator General of the Finances of Iran (Millspaugh), produced according to the Solar Hijri calender, and dating from Ordibehesht 1322 (equivalent to the Gregorian calendar date of 22 April to 22 May 1943) to Mehr 1323 (23 September to 22 October 1944). The reports, which also contain lists of staff of the Iranian Ministry of Finance and its connected organisations, summarise Iranian finances. Many of the reports contain a map of Iran (for example, folio 185), showing borders, roads and railways, major towns and cities, and districts, which are numbered 1 to 10.
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- 1 file (407 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The file’s correspondence begins at folio 202 and ends at folio 407. Printed reports occupy the front portion of the file (with an enclosing note, ff 4-201), and are also arranged in reverse chronological order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 408; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3396
- Title
- Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’
- Pages
- 56r:67v, 38r:55v, 26r:37v, 16r:25v, 4r:15v
- Author
- Millspaugh, Arthur Chester
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