Ext 3849/44 'Persian Gulf: Rationing and clothing systems of Anglo Iranian Oil Co at Abadan' [‎4r] (7/10)

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Issue of flour and bread gainst ration cjards to
110.000 persons.
Issue of nice, Soap, ^ea, Svigary_ i bat;egi^„'iigarettes,
Clothing etc. against ration cards to 72,000 persons
(employees their dependents.)
5,200 customers served daily at Company Shops except
Fridays.
Sales per week C10 t 000 (excluding clothes, material
etc.)
1^00,000 yards of cotton nr»int sold for €17,000 to
16.000 persons lest week
Free issues p^r week valued fit y',000.
Annual value of sales approximately COX),000.
Distribution ex^rnses approximately 6t on sales.
40 tons of flour issued daily from Comoanv Chops.
Fnployees and employee’s dependents rati n cards
are issued half yearly.
General public ration cards are issued quarterly.
360.000 lbs, of vpgetabies produced from gardens in
14 months of which 140,000 lbs. cabbage, 47,000 lbs.
cauliflower, 25,000 lbs. beetroot, 2 r7 ,!DO lbs carrots,
21.000 lbs. tomatoes, 23,000 lbs. turnips, 9,000 lbs.
lettuce, 3,500 lbs green peas, 8,500 lbs. cucumber and
31.000 lbs. spinach.
475.000 mounds of first quality fish caught and
retailed' in 13 months and 203,000 pounds of second
quality. In addition 1,030,000 Soboor caught and re
tailed to the generil public.
Between 1st January 1944 and 18 ’larch 1944 , 3,341
sheen and 71 oxen weighing 133 tons were purchased,
butchered and retailed.
400 pints of milk having a fat content of approximately
5 ^. <^are produced and retailed daily.
10,500 pounds of butter made from buffalo cream has
been made available to Staff since the inception of
the Food Organisation.
2,000 hatching eggs have been imported from Palestine
and incubated in th incubator or under fowls.
rabbits.
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