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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [537r] (1075/1386)
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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13
Imports have increased 228 per cent and exports 51 per cent in this period,
the total trade giving an increase of 63 per cent, or more than three times as
much as might be regarded as a fair average increase.
Import Trade.
The values of imported
thus :
merchandise during the last twenty years stand
Exchange.
d.
Rs. (000’s omitted).
1869-70 .
- 2325
329.275
1870-71 .
- 22'375
333.482
1871-72 .
. 23-125
308,108
1872-73 .
• 22-75
304.730
1873-74 .
. 22-351
316,285
•
Average .
. 22-770
Average
- 318,376
1874-75 •
. 22'221
346,452
1875-76 .
. 21645
371,126
1876-77 .
. 20-491
353,671
1877-78 .
. 20-79
393,260
1878-79 .
. 19761
365,662
Average .
. 20-98I
Average
. 366,034
increase
about 15%
1879-80 .
. 19'961
397,421
1880-81 .
• 19956
503,088
1881-82 .
• 1g 895
469,921
1882-83 .
- 19525
500,030
1883-84 .
• 19’536
527>039
Average .
- 19*774
Average
- 479.500
increase
31%
1884-85 .
. 19*308
531,493
1885-86 .
. 18'254
518,115
1886-87 .
• 17441
586,614
1887-88 .
. 16'899
623,848
1888-89 .
• 16379
665,703
Average .
. 17*656
Average . 585,154
increase about 22%
Last year the value of imported merchandise was R665,601,205, the
average exchange of the year being The trade has just about doubled
in twenty years.
The table of variations in prices of certain staple articles of import at Cal
cutta which was printed in the review of the trade of 1888-89 is reproduced here,
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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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- Title
- 'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia'
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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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