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The delivery arrangements in the Kerman Post Office are still far from beino-
satisfactory.
The censorship, by secret detectives, applied to all mails, both inland and
foreign, continues.
(d) Wireless .—The Wireless station situated some four miles to the west
of Kerman, which is maintained by the Post and Telegraph authorities was not
used during the year, and the only operator proceeded on leave to Tehran at the
end of November.
(e) Aviation .—No aeroplanes visited Kerman during the last two years.
The aerodrome prepared by the Military authorities some years ago five
miles due east of Kerman, which is 100 by 85 yards, with a shelter on the south
side, having been found unsuitable, was never used and has, therefore, remained
neglected.
The few Junker planes that visited Kerman between 1928 and 1931, used a
piece of land about 400 by 80 yards situated some five miles to the N. W. N. of
Kerman town.
B .—Local Government and Politics.
8. Condition of the country .—The maintenance of law and order throughout
the province continues.
A man of the Amnieh Regiment and a tribesman from the district of Aqta’
were executed for highway robbery, and several others were awarded various
terms of imprisonment for the same offence during the year.
In the early summer, Hussein Khan (Shuja’ Sultan) Chief of the Buchaqchi
tribe, who was an officer in the Amnieh and for some time in charge of ihe
Kerman-Bandar Abbas motor road, was suspected of being in collusion with
robbers and imprisoned by the military authorities. The discovery of several
rifles and a quantity of ammunition in this man’s house, some time later, con
firmed the suspicions against him.
The chief improvement effected in the administration of the province during
recent years would appear to be the decrease of corruption, especially among
the higher officials, brought about by the frequent visits of inspectors from
Tehran and by the fact that complaints made to the Shah are nearly always
taken up and the authorities concerned called upon for explanation.
Apart from individual inspectors, a Commission of Enquiry, composed of
representatives from the various Ministers and Administrations, visited
Kerman during the year.
Reports about large bands of tribesmen from Ears looting villages in the
district of Sirjan at the end of April caused some alarm to the local authorities,
who were at first afraid that it might be the result of the activities of the military
columns, despatched from Ears and Kerman to disband tribes who were moving
up to their summer quarters. As it transpired later, however, the matter had
been exaggerated, as only a few sheep and some other unimportant property
had been carried away by a small band of poorly-armed outlaws from the dis
tricts of Shahr-Babek and Pariz, one of whom was captured and brought into
Kerman.
Rumours reached Kerman at the close of the year that the fort of Muzaqan
in Ears, which had defied the Government forces for so many years, had at last
been taken by troops from Shiraz and that the leaders had surrendered.
9. TjOcoI officials and departments. — His Excellency Mirza Sayyed Mustafa
Khan Kazimi, Governor-General, Kerman, left for Tehran on the 21st August,
Governor-General. ostensibly on leave. Within a few days after
his departure, however, the appointment j
Mirza Abul Hassan Khan Peernia (Mu’azid-us-Saltaneh) to the post was
announced. The latter arrived early in September and held the post of vov
ernor-General for the rest of the year.
It will be remembered that Peernia was Governor-General, Kerman, f 10111
August 1929 to June 1930.
Though an official of the old school, Peernia seems to be truly loyal to th e
new regime and cherishes progressive views. Amonv other things. His Exec
leney is interested in mines and road making. His relations with the Consu a
have been courteous but formal.