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A letter from Tehran of the 15th September says—" The

examination made into the accounts of Mirza-Agha-Khan, ex-Sadragan (Prime Minis- ter,) who, with his two sons, is still in custody, has revealed facts which are almost incredible. Thus, though his salary was not lee. than 1,000,000 francs a year, he appropriated annually 6,000,000 francs; and during the war with England he levied on all the country a tax, which he called Tax for the Holy War, which amounted to 12,0N,000 francs, but of that Sem only one-fourth went into the treasury, the three others not having been accounted for by him and his creatures. It is alleged that one or two in- fluential parties have strongly solicited the Shah to take this individual into his service again, and on his refusal have even employed threats. But