| Description | A gold currency considered, 1929, but not introduced. Currency Board established 1931; Governor nominated Sir Bertram Hornsby as a member; Hornsby resigned in 1932, replaced by Sir Basil Blackett (died 1935) who was replaced by Evelyn James Bunbury; reports of Board for each year from 1933. United Kingdom (UK) mandate over Iraq ended, October 1932. Agricultural and Industrial Bank formed, 1936. |