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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [161r] (321/644)
The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1933-27 Mar 1947. It was written in English and French. 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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[12998] F
65
(7) Silos.
469. In accordance with the Irano-Soviet Treaty signed on the 27th August,
the Iranian Government has placed an order with the Soviet Union for twenty-
one silos. One for Tehran is to be of 65,000 tons capacity and the other twenty
for various centres in the country will have capacities ranging from 8,000 to
16,000 tons.
470. The Iranian Government has given the contract for the erection of
these silos to the Kampsax Consortium on terms similar to the contract for railway
construction. It is expected that the silos will be erected within three years.
(8) Agriculture. >
471. Under the auspices and with support of the Agricultural Bank,
several companies have been formed for the encouragement of agriculture.
Agricultural schools have been opened at Rezaieh (Urumia) and Isfaham and a
model farm at Ahwaz. A veterinary school has been added to the Agricultural
College at Kerej.
472. A Bill was passed in April for the ceding of arable land belonging to
the State in Khuzistan to cultivators who would exploit the land, to which end the
Agricultural Bank would assist. Dams and barrages are being constructed to
improve irrigation.
473. About 100 head of cattle and sheep were imported from France in
spring for the improvement of meat, milk and wool and for cross-breeding.
474. Five German veterinary specialists have been engaged for the sanitary
inspection of live-stock and for teaching in the veterinary school.
475. Trial plantations in semi-tropical regions in the south have been made
in order to study the possibilities of acclimatising tropical trees and plants.
Attempts are also being made to increase crops of sugar cane, cotton, flax and
hemp. The latest public statistics of agricultural products (for 1933) give the
following details :—
Wheat
Acreage under
cultivation.
Hectars.
... 1,614,925
Produce in
1,000 kilos.
1,868,392
Barley
626,029
744,900
Cotton
60,711
52,890
J ute
3,430
6,050
Opium
35,838
74,020
Tobacco ...
8,489
9,035
Rice
198,917
392,338
Tea
1,670
1.226
Beetroot ...
2,600
6,900
(9) Tea.
476 Sustained efforts are being made to increase and improve the tea
plantations in Gilan and Mazanderan. Plant for drying tea is being importe
through the Agricultural Bank. The contracts of four Chinese experts weie
renewed, in 1934, for a further period of three years.
V.—Opium.
477. According to statistics published by the Department of Agriculture
and Industries, the latest estimates of the area under the poppy and produce
of opium were :—
Year 1311 (March 1931-March 1932): 32,732 hectares, 163,360 mans
(1,062,840 lb.).
Year 1312 (March 1932-March 1933) : 35,838 hectares, 156,736 mans
(1,018,784 lb.).
Up-to-date statistics are not available, but reports from individual areas imply
an extension of cultivation, which had recently shown a declining tendency.
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Annual reports for Persia [Iran] produced by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The reports were sent to the Foreign Office by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran (from 1943, Ambassador to Iran). The reports cover the following years: 1932 (ff 2-50); 1933 (ff 51-98); 1934 (ff 99-128); 1935 (ff 129-165); 1936 (ff 166-195); 1937 (ff 196-227); 1938 (ff 228-249); 1939 (ff 250-251); 1940 (ff 252-257); 1941 (ff 258-266); 1942 (ff 267-277); 1943 (ff 278-289); 1944 (ff 290-306); 1945 (ff 307-317); 1946 (ff 318-320).
The reports for 1932 to 1938 are comprehensive in nature (each containing their own table of contents), and cover: an introductory statement on affairs in Persia, with a focus on the Shah’s programme of modernisation across the country; an overview of foreign relations between Persia and other nations, including with the United Kingdom, British India, and Iraq; Persia’s involvement in international conventions and agreements, for example the League of Nations and the Slave Traffic Convention; British interests in or associated with Persia, including Bahrain and Bahrainis resident in Persia, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Bank of Persia, and the Imperial and International Communications Company; political affairs in Persia, including court and officials, majlis, tribes and security; economic affairs in Persia (government finances and budgets, trade, industry, agriculture, opium production); communications (aviation, railways, roads); consular matters; military matters (army, navy, air force).
Reports from 1939 to 1946 are briefer in nature, Reports from 1941 onwards focusing on the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia, and the role of United States advisors in the Persian Government’s administration.
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 (320 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Each report for the years 1932-1938 begins with a table of contents referring to that report’s own printed pagination sequence.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 321; 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.
The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 308A
Pagination: Each of the reports included in the file has its own printed pagination system, commencing at 1 on the first page of the report.
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- Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:91r, 92r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:320v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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