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Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [80r] (159/817)
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 ihe part of the Exploitation and Public Domains Institute and the
Accounts Department of the Ministry of Agriculture to send their representa-
A tives .
Ihe C ommission assigned to investigate the accounts of the Tehran
Municipality is continuing its work, and its reports arc being appropriately
acted upon.
In order to investigate the distribution of monopoly goods, a Com
mission headed by Mr. Rusta is investigating and examining the pertinent
dossiers. The findings will be reported later.
Misappropriations perpetrated by the employees concerned with the
sugar quota of Shahsawar have been uncovered. Mr. Hossein Azimi. a
Kharbar employee who was accused of stealing several tons of sugar, was
apprehended and made certain confessions. In the course of investigation,
other dishonest pratices, such as the misappropriation of piece-goods were
discovered. I he case is now under investigation and prosecution.
According to a report recently received, another truck-load of sugar
being carried from the Karaj
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
to the warehouse of the Distribution
Section was stolen and did not reach the warehouse. I his matter is under
investigation, and the relative dossier has been referred to (he Penal Court
for prosecution.
\\ ith regard to the charge of embezzlement brought against Engineer
Nikoumanesh, the Technical Director of ihe Glycerine
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, the case
has been investigated and the relative dossier referred to the Penal Court.
Ihe Commission assigned to the lehran Silo is continuing its ins
pections. The reports furnished by the said Commission have been sent to
the Cereals and Bread Section.
I lie important success achieved by this Commission is the ascertain
ment of surplus grain in the warehouse.
Personnel
Ihe condition in which we found the Personnel and Pension Depart
ments was one of congestion, delay, and absence of sound procedures and
principles. I his condition accounted in part for the dissatisfaction of the
employees. I hese departments were combined in a single Personnel Admin
istration; and this Administration, now directed bv Mr. Brownrigg, has
largely cleared up the back-log ol work, and solved many troublesome
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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
- 187r:200v, 176r:186v, 162r:175v, 149r:161v, 138r:148v, 126r:137v, 109r:125v, 84r:108v, 68r:83v
- Author
- Bank Melli Iran
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