Note 5 — Chapter II · The Zoroastrians in Persia
Ratanbai Ardeshir Vakil translation
In fifteen years the number has risen by 18 per cent., or 1⅕ per cent. per year; thus, in February, 1878, there were 1,341 Zoroastrians in Kirman; in August, 1879, the number had risen to 1,378, viz., an increase of 1⅘ per cent.