Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎179v] (363/1028)

A branch of the Agricultural Bank was opened in Shiraz in the mrmtr c
-May to assist growers. e montn or
The Agricultural departments took measures to promote thp
of cotton and beetroot. 1 tne cuIt ivatioii
Cotton Spinning Mill —The Shiraz Cotton Spinning Mill of S 9nn o •
machinery by Platt & Co. of Oldham, motor and electrical emd™
General Electric Company and Metropolitan Vickers, to which two hj the
engines by Mireless are to be added shortly, began work in Mav loS P °T r
a British mill manager. ay un der
^Mr. hmssein Agar (’Etemad-ul-Tujar), formerly a merchanl Arc i
is the chairman of the board of directors and the moving spirit in f ¥ anehester >
The output of the mill was quickly disposed of for se“e?aPmohhVin a'lv "!•
The undertaking has proved so profitable that it is proposed to increflH,
number of spindles. proposed to increase the
Full output has been handicapped by the lack of suitable labour.
i constrilct i° n of a second mill was being seriously considered at Pip
end of the year by one of the leading local industrialists. ~ ^
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sw ,or “* “ rk ™ !i ~ “
sprin^^mTheCalnia,! 0 £ Suppl . ied the Skoda Works and is due in the
it was found hat some of tl LT " 0 * P r °u ded for des P atch * ia Bl > sh ife but
port from that port ^ P "' ere t0 ° heaVy and to ° bulk - T for road ‘ raI > s -
of thl tee^loTin the f Prolioe Ct01T !!'•'“ d ?P endent u P on successful growing
experience'and'knowledge ^Tth^ C pre8ent 10n The >n achmI 1 ,he r "f
estimated to bp fi'Am 900 actual cost of production is
which suLr ofVonBneoillP “S 1 - 0 300 P er cent - neater than the price at
sugar ot Continental manufacture can be offered c. i. f. Bushire
owing Icf the^restrictfona‘<r ° f Shi, ' aZ WaS sta ^ nant throughout the rear
monopolisation for he fafm? rnm ^ r° mmerCe and the fears of the further
the import of other commoditifs ° U Sr ° UpS ° f merehants in the capital) of
the Ahwaz aml°Mo°hammeridfron 1 1 « de '’^ lo P the port of Band-i-Shahpur and
Bushire and the route ^ e v t0 T16 at ^ e . ex P^nse of the port of
Customs import quotas It is ve a PP ar ent in the allocation of the
through the^ortTBiishire wiP .f^ ^ lf th0 P ro .i ect can be carried
Whilst the Isfahan and other Torthera maAets^wiute ^ ^ ^
Soviets^ \IerchantsTave li” C .t eedeU ln cresting the premier position from the
of both count “ reducing- onotT dls ? a,is ^d with the business methods
consignment. ® ^ tions immediately upon the sale .of a large
A qnrtafit^forfhf snnnlfTel'l^.^r 11 ;^ the market for oth er commodities,
orice of those of British and p 00 110 bulbs at 80 per cent, below the
Electric Lighting Companf Contlnental mak ^ was received hy the Ears
Prie^ruiSgfiHambski'ns in e T n o b | tter co ” ditions with sales of skins and gum.
shipments impossible but the R.T™ at , ,b ® end H'e year have made further
throughout the year. ^ ians ^ ave continued to purchase steadily
American,^Russian and'oGiei^ Ei' ' 1 ^ 11 ^ 1 Pav0 ^ 0lle ^ orwar d to the London,
towards the end of the year iravp r0 i ] ^ mar kets and Japanese purchases
me a ear gave a strong tone to the market.