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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [541v] (1084/1386)
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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22
Cot ion goods
and yarn.
VII.—Articles manufactured and partly manufactured:
Value in Rs.
(ooo’s omitted).
321,210
377,492
374,097
414,553
397-43°
This important group constitutes about 60 per cent of the aggregate
imports of merchandise. The trade of the year fell away by about 4 per cent,
but the preceding year’s trade was exceptionally large. The fall was due to
a restriction in imports of cotton goods and yarn, both of which had been dealt
in in a very active way in the previous year. The decrease in the recorded
values of cotton goods was 5 per cent, and in twist and yarn 7 per cent. The
imports of yarns have been as follow in the last seven years (ooo’s omitted in
quantities and values):
lbs.
Rs.
1883-84 .
45,379
34,659
1884-85 .
45, 800
33,604
1885-86 .
• 45,915
31,721
1886-87 .
49,014
33,184
1887-88 .
■ 5b542
35,819
1888-89 .
52,587
37,468
1889-90
. 46,382
34,825
The imports of each province (in lbs.,
ooo’s omitted) are shewn below for the
last three
years :
1887-88.
1888-89.
1889-90.
Bengal
■ 15,453
15,056
11,296
Bombay .
■ 15,374
15,005
13,549
Sindh
1,676
2,683
2,040
Madras
13,758
15,813
13,694
Burma
5,28i
4,029
5,803
The decline has been general, except in Burma, being heaviest in Bengal,
where, it would seem, the transfer of part of the trade in yarn and woven goods
to Bombay and Karachi is beginning to be visible in respect of white and
coloured goods. The supply of goods to marts north of Cawnpore can now
be made by the Indian Midland and the Bombay-Baroda lines with greater
convenience from Bombay than from Calcutta, and increasing exports from
Karachi naturally bring about increasing imports to a port which is convenient
as a distributing centre for a considerable region of North-Western India. The
following are the quantities imported into each of the three provinces in the last
five years in yards (ooo’s omitted) :
1885-86.
1886-87.
1887-88.
1888-89.
1889-90.
Grey goods—
Bengal
653J89
816,045
756,309
830,824
761,190
Bombay
339,776
365.916
300,032
327,665
326,475
Sindh
42,199
68,226
50,006
89,927
71>91 2
White goods—
Bengal
132.531
187,338
152,305
180,868
141,083
Bombay
116,493
159,413
119794
177,352
139,023
Sindh
3,8i4
15,668
5,648
19,517
24,222
Coloured goods—
Bengal
153,331
187,209
124,628
143,689
137,030
Bombay
148,906
154,064
134,957
150,665
160,055
Sindh
9,693
19,163
18,989
25,318
42,281
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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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