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Coll 28/41 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Kerman 1924–’ [81r] (161/313)
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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few cases, has not been recovered up to now. A
nominal rent of 10 per cent on the value of houses
exceeding Rials 4,000 in price has been recom
mended. The question of raising the municipal
taxes on the various articles of export and import,
as well as on certain local commodities, is also under
consideration.
The chief improvement during the year was the
put^* up of electric lights in the principal quarters
of the city which, by the way, consume between
Rials 10,000 and 11,000 a month of the Muni
cipality.
10. Information for Travellers.
Kerman can be reached from the United Kingdom
by the following routes:—
(1) Via Tehran.
Distance from Tehran to Kerman . . 700 miles.
Cost of a single seat in a lorry . Rials. 100 to 200
Cost of a single seat in a touring car „ 150 to 300
(2) Via Bandar Abbas.
By P. & O. to Bombay in 14 days, thence by the
British India Steam Navigation Company’s weekly
steamers, taking six to seven days.
There is a bi-weekly motor service from Bandar
Abbas to Kerman and vice versd leaving either place
every Monday and Thursday. Distance from Bandar
Abbas to Kerman is 345 miles. A seat in a postal
lorry costs from Rails 75 to 150 and a touring car
can be hired for Rails 800 to 1,000.
(3) Vift Nok Kundi.
Three days’ rail from Karachi, thence by touring
car or lorry to Zahidan (Duzdab) and on to Kerman
vid Bam, in all 468 miles by road; transit period
about 4 days.
There is no regular traffic on this road, hence
rates of hire depend on type of car required. A
touring car could be hired for about Rials 1,750.
There are no regular hotels in Kerman, but
accommodation of sorts is available in rest houses
and motor garages, where Persian food could be
obtained.
Telegraph rates —
United Kingdom . . Rials 11-70 per word.
India . . ... Rials 8*60 per word.
. Parcels .—These must be sent to a clearing agent
at Zahidan or Bandar Abbas, but a permit to
import the contents must first be obtained from the
authorities at Tehran by application through the
various Legations.
Transport rates .—Lorries one to three ton and
touring cars can be hired at about 8 to 10 pence a
mile.
C. H. LINCOLN, Captain,
His Majesty's Consul, Kerman.
Kerman,
30th June 1933.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- front, front-i, 2r:156v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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