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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [327r] (653/817)
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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On the third offence the offender will be condemned*
a» well a* to eonfleofttlon of the actnel gooda# to life
Iwpriaoanent or to death
ARflOtK 7«
Any person who acts a» Interwedlary in any
tranaaotione or brokerage dealings relating to the purchaae
or aale of foodstuff* or dimge whioh have an aspect of
speculation etc.# and thus cwusea the cowmodities in question
to rl»e In price or become scercet will be condemned to
correctional iraprlson^ent fro?n three raontbs to two years and
to a eee i fine of frWtt one thousand to ten thousand rials;
and If the offender is «
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
(&*ilal) he will be condemned
as well to suspension trm his business for fro*r two to
fiv* yeses*
8-
Every importer or
factory
An East India Company trading post.
owner must sell his goods to
a wholesaler or retailer or direct to the consumer# and
likewise ev«*ry wholesaler must sell the ods which he h^s
bought fr>» r the importer or
factory
An East India Company trading post.
owner direct to « rcgul r
dealer* to a retailor or to the oonsumer# without any
intermediary*
Offenderst both buyers end sellers# will be condemned
to from two months to one year correctional imprisonment and to
s cash fine of from 5h0 to 5#000 riels# and in addition the
tribune! can also suspend the of ender from his business for
from two months to one year*
gOTK* -This article does not apply to transactions
with the Government or with Municipalities.
A
factory
An East India Company trading post.
owner must not without good cause stop
his
factory
An East India Company trading post.
or reduce its output below the level fixed by the
Government*
Offenders will be condemned on the first offence to
from two to six months correctional i pri*onment and on s
repetition of the offence to from six months to three years
correctional inpriaonr-ent*
The purchase for purposes of trade of goods which
are public requirements and have been publicly notified in
accordance with rticle is# by persona whose profession is
not crv'^erce is forbidden*
Of:enders will be condemned# in addition to the
confiscation of the actual goods# to a cash fine equivalent
to twice the value of the goods purchased* ,Jf the offence
is reposted# the offender will be condemned# as well as
confiscation
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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
- 325r:329v
- Author
- Government of Iran
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