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Coll 28/41 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Kerman 1924–’ [‎115r] (229/313)

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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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26. (b) Incidence of Tatcdtion.—A- greater part of
the customs taxation falls on the poorer classes wh’h
use commodities which bririg ndost of the revenue,
e.g., tea, sugar, matches and piece-goods: Half the
land tax, which constitutes three-fourths of the other
taxes leviedi falls on the peasant. There is no tax yet
especially designed to make the Wealthy pay in pro-
por<^^ to their wealth. The economic level of life
in this ptovihce is low.
27. (c) Interference by, Tax Collectors. —Since the de
parture of the American Mission corruption amongst
the subordinate revenue officials has slightly in
creased, particularly with regard to cases of opium
smugglirtg', as, since the end of 1928, wheri'the opium
monopoly law Was btfotfghtf into forbe, very little
opium has been bought from the Government Ambars.
The Government have thus lost heavily by the recent
exorbitant increase of excise duty on opium, while
the chances of smuggling and consequent income to
subordinate revenue officials have also increased.
4. Military.
28. In the month of November, on account of the
expedition to Persian Baluchistan, the military at
Bam commandeered transport, causing temporary
interference with trade by the Duzdap-Kerman route.
Otherwise the military did good work in keeping
order in Jiruft and Narmashir.
The conscription law was enforced in this province
from October 1928 and its efiects have already been
mentioned elsewhere.
5. Agriculture.
29. (a) General. —Same conditions as described in
last year’s report under this heading still exist.
30. ( 6 ) Opium. —As regards opium cultivation in
this province please refer to 1927-28 report.
The opium monopoly has so far been a failure, the
reason apparently being that the Government wish to
restrict local consumption without effecting export
and without loss of revenue.
6, Industry.
31. (a) Carpets. —Figures regarding the carpet in
dustry, the only industry of any importance, are
given in Appendix II. The total figures of exports
appear to be slightly less than those of last year, and
this is due to the fact that the Jew traders were not
able to buy any appreciable amount of old carpets,
as they had purchased already last year most of the
available stocks. Otherwise the carpet trade in
general flourished. The total exports amounted to
Hrans 11,571,000 against Krans 12,045,807 last year.
Owing to the trouble experienced by the carpet
firms at the frontier customs posts, the carpet firms
in Kerman made joint representations to Tehran
during the year for the establishment of a customs
post in Kerman where the carpets could bb inspected
for anilide and bales sealed, thus avoiding their re
opening at the frontier posts. At the time of writing
a customs official from Tehran had been installed in
Kerman for the purpose.
32. (b) Electricity. —There is only one small private
electric installation in the province.
33. (c) Mines.—No fresh moVe has been made by
Persian Government in this respect.
7. Roads.
34. (a) Maintenance and new constructions
KerVnan-Duzdap road still remains passable for
motor's ahd nothing more. No Work was done On this
road during the year.
The Kerman-Yezd-Ispahan road is satisfactory.
Work on the Bunder Abbas-Kerman motor road
via Sirjan was continued during the year and, at the
time of writing, the road was passable for motor
traffic : lorries of over one ton weight cannot yet
traverse this road. One or two big bridges and a
considerable number of small bridges, repairs to the
water ways and a good deal of rock cutting are still
necessary, but the Engineer-in-Charge of the road
awaits sanction of fresh funds for this purpose.
A military road from Bam to Iranshahr (Fahraj) in
Persian Baluchistan via Rigan has been built but cars
traverse it with great difficulty.
The Engineer-in-Charge, Bunder Abbas road, has
been instructed by the Central Government to report
on the possibility of making Kerman-Khabis road
fit for motor traffic. If this road is made fit for
traffic and a bridge built over the salt marsh,
the other side of Khabis, it will be possible to build a
motor road from Khabis to join the Duzdap-Meshed
road near Birjand at very little additional cost.
35. ( 6 ) Motor traffic. —Motor transport of goods on
the Kerman-Yezd-Tehran, Kerma/Bunder Abbas
and Kerman-Duzdap roads has fnsw come into
existence and it is expected that, in course of time,
most of the goods will be transported by cars, thus
having some sort of permanent effect on rates or
turnover.
36. (c) Rates. —Appendix IV shows the compara
tive rates of transport on the main routes this year
and the last.
37. (d) Security. —Security has on the whole been
good. The expedition to Persian Baluchistan did
not in any way affect the security of the Kerman-
Duzdap road. No robberies of importance took place
on the other roads of the province during the year,
8. Social.
38. (a) Standard of living. —This remains the same
as was reported last year.
39. (b) Unemployment. —There has been no im
provement under this heading since the 1927-28
report wat written.

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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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