"ملاحظات اللورد كرزون عن بلاد فارس" [و‎‎٥‎٣‎٤] (١٣٨٦/١٠٦٩)

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millions, not reckoning what has been imported across the land frontier of which
there is no account. It will be noticed that for every rupee’s worth of gold two
rupees’ worth of silver has been imported and that the average import of gold
since 1873 has been only about half what it was from 1859 to that year; also
that the average import of silver in the later period has been appreciably smaller.
The average of the first period was affected by the years of the American Civil
War when in exchange for Indian cotton both gold and silver flowed into the
country in abnormal quantities. The average of the second period was affected
in the opposite way by the years of the Madras famine.
The silver coinage of the British Indian mints from 1859-60 to 1889-90 has
amounted to R21 17,300,000. There are no statistics of the coinage in the mints
of the Native States.
Customs Revenue.
The gross sum received on imports (excluding salt) since 1885-86 was as
follows: /
1885-86.
Rs.
1886-87.
Rs.
1887-88.
Rs.
1888-89.
Rs.
1889-90.
Rs.
Arms and ammunition
. 168,740
217,107
223,704
260,892
238,667
Malt liquor ....
81,283
107,124
131,787
152,050
174,390
Cider and other fermented liquor 2,887
1,184
1,336
1,510
2,188
Spirits ....
- 3,630,746
4,297,083
4,629,349
4,828,544
4,923,713
Liqueurs ....
42,754
52,031
60,768
64,564
69,427
Wines ....
• 423.972
424,551
454,683
436,175
422,937
Opium ....
2,797
4,282
2,548
3,058
2,853
Mineral oil . . .
.
—
137,090
1,174,891
1,623,923
Imports by post, &c. .
1,322
1,640
1,349
>,589
’,329
Total gross revenue
• 4,354,501
5,105,002
5,642,614
6,923,273
7,459,427
Total net revenue
- 4,265,513
4,992,553
5,497,8io
6,762,838
7,241,159--
The net export revenue for the same years (levied exclusively on rice) was—
Rs.
1885-86 .
7,276,281
1886-87 .
6,964,619
1887-88 ,
• 7,390,653
1888-89 .
5,979,563
1889-90 .
7,057,213
The net import duty increased by about 23 per cent in 1888-89, mainly as
the result of the new duty of half an anna per gallon imposed since February
1888 on mineral oil, free until then. Last year there was a further increase of
7 per cent.
The net export revenue of 1888-89 was less by 19 per cent than the revenue
of the preceding year, the exports of rice from both Burma and Bengal having
been greatly restricted. Last year there was a material recovery, though the
revenue was not quite so large as in 1887-88. The exports of rice from Bengal
continued small in consequence of poor harvests and high prices.