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Coll 28/41 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Kerman 1924–’ [‎57v] (114/313)

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The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1925-20 Apr 1943. 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 demand for this commodity has decreased
steadily during recent years, as the result of cessa
tion of export to Russia and decreased consump
tion in Iran, and landowners have decided to reduce
the amount of cultivation. The only substitute
suggested so far is the indigo plant, which could be
grown satisfactorily under the same conditions.
The question has led to a project of reviving the old
indigo industry in the province on modern lines.
The matter has been taken up by local authorities
and negotiations have been going on with the leading
Iranian traders in Bombay with a view to obtaining
information on the subject from India.
As recorded elsew here in this report arrangement 8
are now being made for the engagement of an expert
from India and the formation of a small company,
with a capital of Rials 120,000 (about £1,500) whose
headquarters will be at Bam, the biggest town in the
chief indigo producing district of the province.
(c) Introduction of new crops and new methods
(machinery). —No new crops, with the exception of
some cotton seeds said to be imported from Palestine
and America, and distributed free to the cultivators
for sowing for the next year’s crop, have been intro
duced, and the same old and primitive methods of
cultivation prevail. The introduction of the new
cotton seeds seems to have been originated as an
experimental measure, because the outturn of raw
cotton in the district of Rafsinjan does not appear
to meet the demand w'hen so many weaving factories
are appearing in the country’. The total outturn
of raw cotton in the district of Rafsinjan is said
to have been about 250,000 Mans which has been
disposed of as under :—
Mans.
Exported to India ..... 25,000
Bandar Abbas Factory An East India Company trading post. .... 25,000
Rafsinjan requirements .... 50,000
Isfahan and Yezd ..... 80,000
Russian concerns in Iran . . . 40,000
In stock at Rafsinjan .... 30,000
The pistachio nut having proved to be one of the
most valuable articles of export, great efforts are
being made by landowners to extend the cultiva
tion of the tree in the province.
Orders were received from Tehran early in the
year that in future cultivation of rice was to be
restricted to certain districts in Gilan and Mazan-
deran. As a considerable amount of rice has always
been cultivated in warmer districts of this province
and in Jiruft in particular, the landowners con
cerned have continued making representations
through the local authorities, inviting attention
to the losses which would be sustained by them if
they stopped rice cultivation altogether. Instruc
tions were, therefore, received at the end of the year
permitting the continuance of rice under certain
■conditions.
The question of the estalishment of an agricultural
farm in Kerman is still under consideration and the
local authorities are said to have sent a proposal
to Tehran on the subject.
(d) Fixation of prices and Registration. —The
prices for the articles of food-stuff, etc., are usually
fixed by the local Municipality, but the instructions
are seldom adhered to by the public, mainly because
people can sometimes buy articles much cheaper
than the Municipality would allow. It may be a
good idea if everybody respected the prices fixed
by the Municipality, but in the present case it seems
to be harmful.
Up to the present only the houses and other landed
property situated within the city or the neighbour
ing areas have been dealt with. A branch office
was also opened in the towm of Bahramabad for the
Rafsinjan district.
Permission was received by the local Registra
tion authorities in the month of March to collect
the Registration fees in three instalments in cases
where the parties concerned were unable to make full
payment in advance. In spite of this, and the fact
that the periods allowed for the registration of the
various areas were extended several times the majo
rity of the houses and estates still remain unregistered
and have, therefore, had to be declared owner
less”. In the cases where the fees have duly been
paid, no documents of ownership have been received
from Tehran up to the time of writing. A visit
of inspection was paid to Kerman by the Regis
tration authorities at Tehran.
As the result of representations made to Tehran
on behalf ofi^e local editors, permission was received
early in th^year to make arrangements with the
local newspapers for the publication of notices in
respect of registration of property in the province,
excluding the property situated in the first area of
the Kerman city, the contract of which had already
been given to the editor of “ Sitareh-Jehan ” in
Tehran.
(e) Irrigation, more or less water. —Water for
irrigation in this province is obtained, as heretofore,
chiefly from the underground water channels varying
in length between 15 to 25 miles, and to a lesser
extent, from streams dependent on rain water. At
least 20 per cent, of the channels damaged by the
floods of 1932 are still out of work for want of repairs.
Landowners have had to pay large sums for the
registration of their properties, hence they could
not spare funds to repair the remaining qanats.
Water for the irrigation of the big circus at the
east end of the town is now being obtained from the
Zarisf qanat, and for other avenues from other
miscellaneous sources, in exchange for repairs to the
damaged qanats by the Municipality.
(/) Extent to which land hypothecated. —Land-
owners having had to meet a number of demands
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Printed trade reports for the Kerman Consular District in Persia [Iran], submitted by a succession of British Consuls for Kerman (Henry Duncan Graves Law; John Hunter Davies; Edward William Charles Noel; Cecil Henning Lincoln; George Arthur Falconer).

The contents of the reports vary from one year to another, but usually feature summaries of: the district’s financial situation; foreign trade; taxation; military affairs (commandeering of equipment, conscription); agriculture; industry (including textiles and carpet manufacture); communications and transport; state undertakings and control of trade; public utilities; social conditions (standard of living, unemployment, public health); information for travellers. Most reports include appendices with statistical data on trade, including: imports and exports at the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; imports and exports of key commodities into and out of Kerman; prices of foodstuffs; imports of Russian and Japanese goods.

Each report is preceded by 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. minute papers containing handwritten comments on the enclosed report. Many of the reports have pencil annotations.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (154 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 156; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-156; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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