مجموعة ٣/٢٨(٢)"بلاد فارس. الوضع المالي". [ظ‎‎١‎٩‎٢] (٨١٧/٣٨٤)

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Corporation. A considerable internal reorganization in the Administra
tion of Accounts and Audits is being carried out under the direction of
Mr. Shambarger. Progress can be reported in the organization of a statist^
cal system. Attention has been given to the organization, as well as the ad
ministration, of the Agricultural and Industrial Hank, the Kdiouzistan Agri
cultural Society, the Khorassan Agricultural Society, and the Road Fransport
Department. A commission has been formed to study the finance High
School and make recommendations regarding it. I he biggest organizational
job of all, that concerned with price stabilization, is going forward under
Mr. Robinson, who has been appointed C liief Administrator of the Section
of Price Stabilization. Asa part of this reorganization, the Foreign Transac
tions Department, formerly in the Ministry of food, has been transferred
to the Section of Price Stabilization.
Administration
It is impossible in this report to review, except in the most general
way, the significant actions that have been taken in the various adminis
trations. The following, taken from the reports of the administrations, are
called to Your Excellency's attention.
Under Mr. Manoocherian s direction commendable progress has been
made in the Administration of Personnel with reference to the handling of
numerous arreared dossiers and the preparation of fundamental projects.
The Administration of General Supply, under Mr. Robinson, has made
progress, despite extraordinary difficulties, in locating and handling the
movable properties of the Government and in putting the procurement, cus
tody, and distribution of supplies on a sound basis. This Administration
has devoted considerable time to the temporary conversion of one wing of
the new Finance building into an emergency typhus hospital, to the improve
ment of the bread service of the Ministry of Finance, and to the obtaining
of automobiles and tires for use in the collection of grain and opium.
The Administration of General Inspection is being built up under
the direction of Mr. Xelli. its work is of major importance and, I am con
fident, will be increasingly useful. It has already conducted a number of
important inspections. Thorough investigations will be made in the provinces
as soon as transportation means are available.
The work of the Administration of Internal Revenue is at this time
peculiarly vital to the solution of the country’s problems. Under the direc
tion of Mr. Robinson and, more recently that of Mr. Nariman, this Admin-