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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [551v] (1104/1386)
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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least important. The exports of merchandise in the last three years are thus
recorded (in
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, ooo’s omitted) :
1887-88.
1888-89.
1889-90.
To ports in other Presidencies .
154.222
I49.587
145,910
To ports within the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
.
94,918
93,830
94,160
To non-British ports
29,520
33,706
31,657
The following table gives the totals of the trade in merchandise in each of
the last five years for each province (in
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, ooo’s omitted) :
1885-86.
1886-87.
1887-88.
1888-89.
1889-90.
Bengal:
Imports
. 48,487
49-373
52,853
50,086
49,559
Exports
. 60,716
68,366
79 378
72,028
70,278
Bombay :
Imports
. 110,603
110,938
128,709
128,602
126,274
Exports
. 114.229
109,471
116,932
121,680
116,530
Sindh :
Imports
• 25,111
23,269
20,855
20,901
20,923
Exports
. 11,400
11,025
15.074
15,072
15,035
Madras:
Imports
• 45942
44,168
44,614
43,313
48,794
Exports
• 42,435
41,569
44,458
46,944
46,043
Burma:
Imports
• 32,9 6 3
39,962
44,458
43,216
41,082
Exports
. 22,726
21,050
22,818
2b399
23,840
There is a general decrease except in Madras and Burma. The increase in
the trade between Bombay and Goa, to which attention was drawn last year, still
continues. The value of the imports from Goa into Bombay increased during the
year from about 8 millions of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
to RI 1,358,000. The whole of the increase
of the last three years in this trade is the creation of the railway line which
connects Goa with the interior. The articles in which trade is conducted are
cotton (value for 8 millions of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
), wheat and seeds, and to a smaller extent
betelnuts, jawari and bajra, and myrabolams.
The only other novel feature in the coasting trade is in the development of
the export of coal from Bengal to Burma. The imports into Burma have been
as follow :
Tons.
1885-86 .
IIO
1886-87 •
675
1887-88 .
70
1888-89 •
15,671
1889-90 .
53,071
It will be a very satisfactory indication of progress if this trade should
further increase. Hitherto the high cost of transit in Indian waters has pre
vented the export of Bengal coal by sea.
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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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