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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [544r] (1089/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (692 folios). It was created in c 1880-1891. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The countries with which the trade is chiefly carried on are stated below.
Values are given in
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, ooo’s omitted:
1888-89.
1889.90.
United Kingdom
•
12,224
11,787
Persia
• .«
1 1,291
12,256
Straits .
East Coast of Africa,
Zanzibar,
3,001
2,718
and Mozambique.
2,781
3,726
Arabia
• •
3,062
2,222
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
•
2,775
2,534
Aden
• •
1,874
1,320
China
• •
1,265
1,352
Ceylon .
• •
1,234
1,190
Mauritius
• •
1,121
1,109
United States .
• •
238
324
There was nothing special in the fluctuations of trade in the year to call
for remark.
Exports of Indian produce and manufacture.
The figures for the last ten years are as follow:
Increase
Rs. (ooo’s omitted).
188o-8l . 719 741
1881-82 . 792,552
1882-83 . 805,981
1883-84 . 850,857
1884-85 . 803,132
1885-86 . 807,347
1886-87 . 849,090
or decrease
per cent.
+ 108
+ 10'1
+ 17
+ 5'5
— 56
+ 05
+ 5’2
1887-88
1888-89
1889-90
. 863,700
. 926,427
. 991,010
+
+
+
17
72
697
a - a
- • - 3
The actual increase in the year was 642 million
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, the rate of increase
being nearly 7 per cent or just below the rate of increase in the preceding year.
The average annual rate of increase in the decade was about 3'8 per cent.
- •
The increase of the year was in the main the result of a greatly augmented
value of Seeds, Jute, and Cotton. In the case of Seeds and Jute the increase
was due to higher prices, for the quantity of jute shipped was actually smaller
than in the preceding year and that of seeds but very slightly larger.
The first of the groups in which the exports are classified (Animals, living)
requires no notice. It is a trifling trade (value R981,000), conducted mainly
with Ceylon and the Straits, which has in it no promise of development.
II .—Articles of Food and Drink :
Value in Rs.
(ooo’s omitted).
247,128
258.734
238,297
248,419
253-541
This group is about one-fourth of the whole exports.
Animals.
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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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