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(ii) The majority of the military garrisons both in Tehran and the provinces
are now in their summer training camps.
(iii) Reservists of classes 1928-30 and 1930-32 have been called to the colours
for one month refresher military training in accordance with article 123 of the
Iranian Conscription Law. 4
(iv) The accommodation at the officers school in Tehran is being increased tc
accommodate 1,200 cadets. The school normally holds 600 cadets.
7. The Imperial Bank of Iran.
Mr. A. O. Butters, O.B.E., chief manager of the Imperial Bank of Iran,
left Tehran on the 8th July for British Columbia on retirement. He has been
succeeded by Mr. V. L. Walter.
8. Broadcasting.
• The Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones has asked for tenders by
October this year for the supply of the following quantities of receiving sets in
anticipation of the early commencement of broadcasting in Iran. It is said
that these sets will be on sale to the public at prices within reach of all:—
(a) 100,000 small Wolfram sets for medium-wave reception 200-400 metres.
{b) 200.000 small-valve sets for short-wave reception 55-110 metres and
medium-wave 200-400 metres.
(c) 1,000 large sets for short-wave reception 16-120 metres and medium-wave
192-550 metres.
9. Machine-Gun Factory An East India Company trading post. .
Before the seizure of Czecho-Slovakia the Zbrosovka-Brno Company signed
an agreement for the construction of a machine-gun factory An East India Company trading post. in Tehran and had
started training personnel for instructional work. This factory An East India Company trading post. is now being
built, and is situated between the Central Electric Power Station and the Shahbaz
Aircraft Factory An East India Company trading post. at Doshantappeh (million sheet No. 9. square D 1). Good
progress has been made in the construction of over twelve one-storey buildings
which are scattered over a wide area. The site is at present surrounded by a high
barbed-wire fence, and the foundations for a wall are already being dug.
10. The Trans-Iranian Raihvay.
It is reliably reported that the railway authorities are purchasing six Diesel-
engined electric motor passenger cars for use on the southern section of the
Trans-Iranian Railway.
11. Port Lights.
(i) Tenders have been invited for the construction of two lighthouses at the
entrance to the port of Nau Shahr (degree sheet No. 8 P, square C 2), Caspian Sea.
vj® fwL' f (ii) Danish and French firms have submitted tenders for the supply of
j automatic lighting buoys, &c., for use in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
12. Manufacture of A lcohol.
It is reliably reported that His Imperial Majesty the Shah has set up a
special commission of experts to investigate the possibility of distilling alcohol
from the surplus rice crops of Mazanderan and Gilan. where the Shah is himself
the biggest landowner. This surplus rice used to be exported to the U.S.S.R.
A distillation plant will most probably be erected in one of the Caspian provinces
within the next eighteen months.
13. Cholera Outbreak.
Owing to an outbreak of cholera in Seistan and the Punjab, the Imperial
Iranian Government have taken energetic steps to prevent its spread, three
quarantine stations have been set up at Zahidan, Zabul (Deh Dost Muhammad)
and Taiyebatt. Anti-cholera vaccine and a number of doctors have been
despatched to East Iran.
Travellers to Afghanistan, India and East Iran are prevented from travelling
without first producing a certificate of recent inoculation endorsed by the police
department.