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Coll 28/3(3) ‘Persia. Financial Situation’ [‎15r] (29/375)

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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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No. 84 - October - November 1946
909
sugar-beet which they have provided for the Factory An East India Company trading post. . Consequently a
sudden rise occured in the price of sugar which rose to 100 rials per
kilo.
Grain - crop in the current year.
Information received by the paper “Ettelaat” reveal that the crop in the
grain producing areas, which generally supply the shortage of other poorer re
gions, is quite satisfactory.
The stock at the Tehran silo is 44,000 tons of wheats and 11,000 tons of
barley. This is sufficient to provide for Tehran consumption against 9 months and
is the largest stock ever held at the silo. There is another 42,000 tons of wheat and
15,000 tons of barley in the granaries of other provinces.
Although the cold regions provide the greater part of the country’s supply
of grain, and the crop in those areas has not yet been gathered in, still more than
70 thousand tons out of the total quantity undertaken to be supplied by farmers
has so far been delivered to the authorities. This figure, however, will undoubtedly
in crease to 150,000 tons by the end of Aban.
Sujsur sold free marltct price.
The revision, by the IVIinistry of Finance, of distiibution of the rations foi the
month of Mehr, presented an opportunity to the hoarders to raise the price of these
commodities in the market. In order to stabilise the price of sugar until such time
as new coupons are distributed and the people receive their rations, the Council of
Minister, at their session of 20th. Mehr, authorized the said Ministry to sell up to
1,000 tons of sugar at free market-price (Decree No. 26862 dated 22.7.25).
Importation of unrefined sugar permitted.
The Council of Ministers, at their session of 24th. Mehr, authorized
the Ministry of Finance to permit, by notification, interested persons to
import unrefined sugar under conditions set down by that Ministry. Such
importers may, when necessary, be exempted from paying the commercial pi of it
of the Government.

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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)
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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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