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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [531v] (1064/1386)
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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Imports of merchandise were not quite up to the level of the previous year.
In that year there was a very active trade in cotton goods which was not sus
tained last year, for the trade declined materially, the only important extension
being in coloured goods. There was also a heavy decline in the import of railway
material and in coal. Some articles however increased, with the net result that
the aggregate value of the import trade hardly diminished. The principal
increases and decreases were as follows :
Increase. Decrease.
Apparel.
Machinery and millwork.
Metals (copper and zinc).
Oils.
Provisions.
Silk and silk goods.
Sugar.
Coal.
Cotton goods and yarn.
Iron and steel.
Railway material.
Umbrellas.
Woollen goods.
The large increase in exports of Indian goods was mainly due to an active
trade in cotton, jute, rice, and oilseeds, and to a considerable increase in prices.
The principal articles are shewn below in parallel columns:
increased.
Cotton, raw.
Cotton, manufactured.
Grain and pulse (rice).
Jute, raw.
Jute, manufactured.
Seeds.
Tea (small increase).
Wood.
Wool, raw.
Decreased.
Coffee.
Dyes (indigo).
Hides and skins.
Opium.
Re-exports of imported merchandise were slightly smaller.
Imports of treasure increased very largely, silver having been imported
in somewhat greater quantity than in the last few preceding years, and gold in
quite unusual quantity. This increase in the import of gold has continued in the
present year.
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Government Stores.
The total value of these transactions was Rs. 27,655,061, being about
81 per cent less than that of 1888-89 and slightly under the figure of 1887-88.
They were smaller than the transactions of any of the four preceding years.
Railway materials, which constitute the largest importations on account of
the State, have been declining continuously since 1885, as the following figures
shew :
Rs. (00o‘s omitted).
1884-85 . . 12,374
1885-86 . . 22,995
1886-87 . . 18,927
1887-88 . . 12,486
1888-89 • • 12,007
1889-90 . . 10,857
Total . 89,646
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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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- 2av, 7r:7v, 22r:22v, 27r:27v, 36r:37v, 288r:288v, 291r:380v, 467r:467v, 470r:470v, 505r:575v, 584r:584v, 600r:692v
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