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Diary o! His Majesty’s Consul, Kerman, No. 10, for the month of December 1931.
205. His Majesty’s Officiating Consul
proceeded to Bandar Abbas on a three
months’ tour on the 4th.
Local Officials.
206. Prince Murteza, Mirza Qahrmani,
the Chief of the Census Department in
the Kerman Province, left for Tehran
on leave on the 20th, handing over
acting charge to Mehdi Agha, Sam,
an official of the department.
207. Scyyid Ali Khan, Kabi»*, Public
Prosecutor, Bidayat Court, left for Bandar
Abbas, on the 21st, in connection with
departmental affairs.
210. His Excellency also intends
collecting donations to the extent of
20,000 Tumans to establish a charitable
hospital in Kerman city. He expects to
obtain financial support in this matter
from the Oqaf and BAadiyeh Depart
ments as well.
211. M. Lois, Niquit, a foreign expert
employed by the Persian Government,
arrived from Bandar Abbas on the 11th,
and, after visiting the salt mines near
Bam and the forests in Narmashir, pro
ceeded to Tehran on the 29th. Owing to
lack of motor roads he had to abandon
his intention of visiting Jiruft and
Budbar.
Military News.
Local Affairs.
208. Reference paragraph 190. —Dr.
Paul Martin and M. Hemmrich, both of
the National Bank of Persia, and
M. Rudolf Ortel, representing the
German firm of Simen Sehukirt, who
have supplied the spinning mill at Alia-
bad in the North, arrived in Kerman
from Tehran on the 8th, after visiting
Yezd, and returned to the Capital on the
13th. During their stay in Kerman the
Directors and Inspectors of the Spinning
Mill Company were elected and the
Agreement and Prospectus drawn up.
As the National Bank of Persia have
not so far been able to provide foreign
exchange at the official rate for the
purchase of the machinery required, no
orders have yet been placed but t*>e
Governor-General is said to have remark
ed in confidence to one of the Directors
that, in compliance with instructions
from Tehran, he will have to place the
order in Germany.
209. As it is expected that the total
amount of funds promised for the founda
tion of a spinning mill at Rafsinjah will
leave a surplus of about 100,000 Tumans,
the Governor-General has been talking of
establishing a Persian Carpet Company
in Kerman, in the hope of turning out
carpets at rates cheaper than those at
which the foreign firms, with highly paid
representatives and staff, are able to
manufacture their stocks.
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212. Reference paragraph 193 .—Sar-
hang Abbas Khan, Albuiz, the Officer
Commanding Kerman Teep, left for
Bandar Abbas on the oth en route to join
the Column proceeding to Bashakird.
A report from Bam states that this
Column joined the forces from Sistan and
Zahidan at Roodan in the beginning of
the month, and that later Mir Barkat of
Biyaban surrendered himself to Sarhang
Mohamed Khan, Nakhjawan, command
ing the expedition.
The remaining troops at Khw r ash are
reported to have moved to Iranshahr for
the cold w eather.
213. Reference paragraph V 0. —The
Conscription Committee at Bam having
re-started its work, a batch of 124
recruits left for Iranshahr on the 29ih.
Comm nications.
214. Reference paragraph 195. —The
work on the Kerman-Khabis motor align
ment via Sirch has to be re-started as
soon as weather permits and the autho
rities concerned state that the road would
be open to motor traffic in another four
months’ time.
Municipality.
215. Reference paragraph 197 .—The
work of metalling the Khayabami Shah-
pur was taken up in earnest at the