Coll 28/61 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Bundar Abbas & Lingah, 1925/6–’ [‎14v] (28/245)

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It is reported that from the beginning of the new
yea ^X 01 ^
iit"a suffi-nt
have been imported to meet the present a
the country. rtWW __There is red
(9) Development of ^ land about ten
oxide of iron mmc ;8 atHormuz ^ ^
miles from Bandw ’ were ahipI , e d by
under review 6 ,oW tons m 1
British vessels to the following countn . ^
400
India 580
Bremen • • * * ^ # 550
France . • • , * * ' . 3,620
fiarston and Avonmoutn • , inn
itouited Kingdom and European port. 1,450
Total
6,600
Under instructions from Tehran the Director of
dc"at Hormuz by mjrS October
a» —riumt t£
;r e of the—ionaL to pay the
in time When the technical Advisers to the Ministry
of Finance inspected the red oxide mines m January
1935 they invited tenders to work t e
Government but in the end they have decided to
work the mines and effect sales themselves
improvements of any sort have since been i n ‘ ro d° of!d
by Government to improve the working co ndit|o ■
The same old and primitive system is in use. Gov
ernment have also started working the mine of
Bustaneh, 12 miles from the post of Lingah, and
obtained sulphur.
8. Communication and Transport.
(al to (cl State of communications, constructions of
new roads, upkeep of old.-Vo new roads have been
constructed during the year. _ The, construction of
Mohammerah-Charbar road is still in abeyance,
except the Bashire^ Lingah section which it is hoped
to be completed early next year. . m .
The road authorities started widening the lang-i-
Zaeh on the Bandar Abbas-Kerman motor road in
November 1934, and due to constant land slides
the wheeled traffic and mail service on this road
were very irregular, and some times mads were
transhipped at the Tang with great difficulty by
means of camels and donkeys. j j
(d) Average rate of transport.—Table appended to
this Report (Appendix II) shows the various trade
routes, their length in miles, freights, duration of
journeys and the nature of transport available in
Bandar Abbas. . , j
(e) Effect of motors on animal transport, rates and
turn-over. —The year owing to Government restric
tions has been dull for both methods of transports
specially for the animal, which had to wait here
“ausport Which now-a-dayc chiefly work between
places where proper roads do not exist. V
\{] glcuritw—The trade routes on the Bandar
Abbis-Kerman road were well maintained during
the year.
9. Social.
/ \ ZinnAnrd of living .—mentioned in previous
vea^ the landard of living still continues to be
year, t been taken towards amehor-
Ltion AppeX HI gWee the prices of foodstufls
P ” 6 ) a ^mp%^»‘ e -Owrng toThe Spinning and
and military barracks, men, women and ehddren
am fully occupied, nevertheless unemployment is
emigration. Only during summer
montlm when lo/al trade slackens there « an exoto
of the population to various places in the interior,
more specially to Minab for the dal 2 har ™f known
Id) Public health and %y«ene.-The well Known
charitable dispensary was closed Iron, the beginmng
of July 1934, as Dr. K. H. Dumree, Medical Officer
findinv his pay inadequate without practice and
paucity of sfafi, resigned the post and took up an
appointment as Medical Officer under the Koad
Administration in Mazenderan. -Randar
When the Minister of Finance visitc
Abbas in February 1935, he found the town in
Buch a miserable and filthy condition a 9 ^he * 6 were
ixo funds in the Municipality to
sweepers He ordered that a sum of Rials 130,000
standing to the credit of the Municipality for soine
years in the customs be placed at the dls P 0Sd -
the Municipal Board for the improvement of the
town and medicines for the dispensary. _ M , •
The general health of the town is fair Malaria
and diseases of the skin and eyes are most common.
During summer months the disease of u ’
due to drinking water from reservoirs, called Bar-
oahs ” is also very common. . . , ...
q (e) Municipal Service.-IU Municipal
consists of 6 representatives from the public with
the local Governor at its head as Rais-i-Baladiyeh
^Thfwolk of the abandoned qanat (underground
water channel) was resumed in ^ ovem u r »
and a small stream of fresh water now ^ up to
the middle of the town. As water flo ^ s throUg o{
unoemented trenches from Naiband, a is ,, a .
2 miles, it is a bit brackish, but it is hoped that
when the permanent stream of water flows the clay
will radicate the trenches and the water