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'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎146r] (291/416)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (206 folios). It was created in 1932-1936. It was written in English. 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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' More attention is being paid to sports in the various schools. In response
to an invitation from Yezd, eleven footballers mostlv rmrbU m ilm f
Middle Schools, proceeded to Yezd in May t“take part fn a ?o„tW, Tf
The_competition which took place at YeS,the k“pC^
scoring two goals against tiie Yezdis’ nil. ' pia ^ eih
> All students of the Middle Schools in Kerman were called upon to register
their names at the Military School for the training of the N. C. Ods on the 24th
December, since when they have been attending parades on certain davs of the
week.
The J J arsi National School were_ able to continue their first two middle
classes (7th and 8th) through charitable help received from Bombay Mrs
Jehangir Mehta, sister of the late Sir Dinshah Petit, who visited Kerman in
October, subscribed Bs. 6,000, to he utilised during three years, at the rate of
Ks. 2,000 a year, for the addition of a 9th class to the Parsi National School and
the introduction of a special class to teach religious matter to the pupils in a
second Zoroastrain School at Kerman. Mrs. Mehta promised to have the two
classes inspected on the expiry of the three years, with a view to making
arrangement for the continuance of the subscription, if the result should prove
to be satisfactory. 1
Naib Sarhang Khajoui, who relieved Naib Sarhang Tumaj, as Officer Com-
Amniek manding Amnieh (Road-guards) in Ker-
man, at the end of January, remained in
charge until the end of the year. Three outlaws from the Buchaqchi tribe were
captured by the Amnieh authorities and brought to Kerman for trial at the
end of August.
Complaints against some of the Amnieh officers and N. C. O.’s stationed
on the various outposts in the province, for corruption and extortion, are still
heard of from time to time.
Mirza Ghaffar Khan Vaziri held the post of Chief of the Municipality
Municipality. Kerman until the beginning of June when
he was transferred to Qum and Mirza
Ibrahim Khan Ibrahimi, Municipality Accountant, held temporary charge until
relieved by Jabiri from Qum in the middle of July. Jabiri was in charge for the
rest of the vear.
Fresh Municipal elections were held at the end of January, when Mirza
Lutfalj Khan Vakiii, one of the leading notables, who had been President of the
Municipal Council in Kerman since June 1932, was replaced by Sayyed Muham
mad Hashimi, editor of the local weekly newspaper “ Bidari
> As the result of a recommendation by the Commission of Enquiry, who
arrived in Kerman at the end of October 1933 and left for Bandar Abbas in
January 1934, the Governor-General arranged for an assessment of the con
struction ^work carried out by Kazimi, the ea?-Governor-General, in the Municipal
area of Kerman, in order to obtain a rough idea of the amount of expenditure.
No authentic information could he obtained in this matter, but it was believed
that a considerable amount of Municipality funds had been embezzled by the
officials in charge. The Governor-General put into effect an old project, started
by him during his previous term of office in Kerman, to turn an old parade
ground, situated near the Government House and measuring some 35,000 sq.
yards, into a public park. The place was dug up in February, flower beds were
prepared and a large number of young trees planted.
Work on the big circus and new roads in the town was resumed in April
and continued on a small scale during summer.
Water from three different channels was rented by the Municipality during
the year for the irrigation of the various avenues in the Kerman town.
New, and for the most part increased, rates of Municipal taxation, on
articles of food-stuff entering Kerman city, came into force with effect from the
6 th August,
The proceeds of the new taxes were expected to exceed KiMs 500,UOO
bout £6,000) in the year, but the amount received
10 made their own arrangements tor co ee ion, i Municinal Council
ire than one-fifth of the above estimate. ^Proposals by ^e Mumc p C
let out the monopoly for this taxation
bout £4,250) a year were not approved of by the Ministry ol in e o -

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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1931 (Simla, Government of India Press: 1932); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1932 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1933); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1933 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1934); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1934 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1935); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1935 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1936). The Report for 1935 shows some manuscript corrections.

The Administration Reports are divided into chapters relating to the various Agencies, Consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Bushire Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . Within the chapters there are sections devoted to reviews by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ; lists of senior personnel; foreign representatives; local government; military and marine affairs; movements of Royal Navy ships; aviation; political developments; slavery; trade and commerce; medical reports and sanitation; meteorological reports and statistics; communications; naval matters; the Royal Air Force; notable events; and related information.

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1 volume (206 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 208 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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