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Coll 28/3(3) ‘Persia. Financial Situation’ [‎8r] (15/375)

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The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 21 Jan 1946-5 May 1947. It was written in English. 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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The file is chiefly comprised of copies, or parts of copies, of Bulletin , a bi-monthly report published by the Bank Melli Iran:

  • a complete copy of Bulletin no. 81, Vol XIII April–May 1946 (ff 92-165)
  • a complete copy of Bulletin no. 84, Vol XIII October–November 1946 (ff 6-65)
  • a supplement to Bulletin No. 82 entitled Iran’s Development Plan (ff 76-88)
  • front covers and contents pages to a number of other issues of Bulletin (nos. 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 82 and 83)

The two complete copies of Bulletin include reports and data on: foreign trade; foreign exchange rates; prices of gold and silver; weekly rates of exchange on the London market; money situation; details of bank rates of discounts; cost of living index for Iran; indexes of wholesale prices at Tehran; commodity prices; tables of Iranian coinage; lists of companies registered in the previous year.

At the rear of the file, enclosed with a letter dated 21 January 1946 from the British Ambassador at Tehran (Reader William Bullard) is an English translation of the General State Budget (Allotments), tabled by the Iranian Minister of Finance on 23 December 1945 (ff 185-187).

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1 file (185 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The two printed booklets that make up the bulk of the file (ff 6-65, ff 92-165) have their own printed pagination systems, which are referred to on contents pages at the front of each booklet (f 7, f 93).

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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 187; 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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