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(d) The English c?~cses ? mentioned in para. VI (1^ Qf^last
Summary, are progressing well and students continue .0 display
considerable enthusiasm.
(b' At a commission held earlier this summer in the Governorate,
it was decided J :nat a leca tital of 2300 tons of seed wheat would
1 be reouired for distribution to cultivators in the Bushire area,
and in view of the complete failure of the last crop it is of pan
mount importance that this seed be made available in good time
for sowing’in the month of November. It is hoped that the Persian
authorities will ensure that the seed is distributed during
October.
VIII. SHIPPING AND COMHIER CE.
(a) 1,468 pa:kages were cleared from the Customs during the
fortnight. They consisted of 573 bags of sugar, 2 r 3 bales of
cotton piecegoods, 150 empty boxes, 100 tins of da 1 juice, 80
bags of cement, 63 packages of provisions, 50 bund? s of cassia,
86 bags of wheat, 42 cases of empty bottles, 4 rad: » sets and 47
miscellaneous packages.
(b) The market has remained inactive and in spit of a con
siderable drop in prices there have been no buyers. The price of
- sugar has fallen from Rials 10,000 to Rials 6,500 p- ~ sack of 100
kilos, and piecegoods are now quoted at 30 to 40$ less than last
month's prices.
(c) Inland transport: 44 lorries arrived from the interior
bringing 118 tons of millet, barley, potatoes, wheat, ghee, rice
ard hides, the same number leaving for Shiraz with 175 tons of
s\;-ar, tea, piecegoods, machinery and turmeric.
(d" Shipping: S.S. Wo.sang arrived from Basra on 1st September.
- 'S.S. Barjora arrived from Bombay on 8th September and discharged
600 bag./of cement and 23 packages of sundries, and loaded 100
bags o? c^ssafoetida for Basra.
Country craft: Eight dhows of 190 tons arrived from Perisan
ports with a cargo of 71 packages of sundries. Two dhows of 35
tons left for Bahrain with a cargo of 170 bags of potatoes. Seven
dhows of 187 tons sailed for Persian ports with a cargo of 140
miscellaneous packages.
(e) Prices during the fortnight expressed in Rials per kilo,-
were as follows :-
^711. FO ODSTUFFS.
'a) Stocks of cereals held by the Foodstuffs Department on
the 9th August were :-
Wheat 141 tons
Barley 315 tons.
Mutton
Ghee
Rice
Tea
Sugar
Flour
Barley
Pota^oe s
’filk
Char :oal
Wheat
Dhal
Onions
21
80
21
270
65
10
4.50
14
4.60
3.50
7.75
27
3.50