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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [12r] (23/817)
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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a number of taxes at present collected by the Government and the relinquishing
by the municipalities of the tax on petroleum products, which would then be
collected for account of the Government, little progress has been made in reduc
ing the number of Government taxes and at the same time increasing the Govern
ment revenue. Under the present tax laws, some taxes which are primarily muni
cipal taxes are collected by the Government, and others, which, due to their appli
cation in rural as well as urban sections, should be Government taxes, are collect
ed for account of the municipalities. It is still hoped that an agreement can be
reached with the Ministry of Interior whereoy the tax programmes of both the
municipalities and the Government may be simplified and improved.
Finanrial Position
In the month of Mehr, ordinary disbursements by the Treasury General were
372,589,000 rials, compared with disbursements amount.ng to *51,114,000 rials in
Sfoahrivar. This increase w^s largely due tc the delayed passage of the budget law.
Commercial disbursements were 448,544,000 rials in Mehr and 285,653,000 rials in
Shahrivar. This increase was due to larger disbursements for purchases of grain,
tobacco and imported monopoly goods. Ordinary receipts in Mehr, compared with
the preceding month, rose from 118,941,000 rials to 169,161,000 rials, while com
mercial receipts declined from 450,217,000 rials to 357,868,000 liJs.
The following table shows receipts and disbursements at the end of the first
six months in 1322 and 1323:
1322
1323
Increase/Decrease
Ordinary Revenue
1,842,641,000
1,333,257,000
—509,384,000
Ordinary Expenditure
1,445,138,000
1,479,595,000
+ 34,457,000
Surplus/Deficit
397,503,000
— 146,338,000
—543,841,000
Commercial Revenue
1,449,843,000
2,516,362,000
+ 1,066,519,000
Commercial Expenditure
1,557,104,000
2,318,274,000
+ 76 i, 170,000
Deficit/Surplus
— 107,261,000
198,088,000
+ 305,349,000
Total Revenue
3,292,484,000
3,849,619,000
+ 557,135,000
Total Expenditure
3,002,242,000
3,797,869,000
+ 795,627,000
Surplus
290,242,000
51,750,000
—238,492,000
The interna] indebtedness of the Iranian Government is shown below as of
30 Mehr 1323:
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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
- 56r:67v, 38r:55v, 26r:37v, 16r:25v, 4r:15v
- Author
- Millspaugh, Arthur Chester
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