"ملاحظات اللورد كرزون عن بلاد فارس" [و‎‎٥‎٤‎٤] (١٣٨٦/١٠٨٩)

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The countries with which the trade is chiefly carried on are stated below.
Values are given in rupees, ooo’s omitted:
1888-89.
1889.90.
United Kingdom
•
12,224
11,787
Persia
• .«
1 1,291
12,256
Straits .
East Coast of Africa,
Zanzibar,
3,001
2,718
and Mozambique.
2,781
3,726
Arabia
• •
3,062
2,222
Turkish Arabia
•
2,775
2,534
Aden
• •
1,874
1,320
China
• •
1,265
1,352
Ceylon .
• •
1,234
1,190
Mauritius
• •
1,121
1,109
United States .
• •
238
324
There was nothing special in the fluctuations of trade in the year to call
for remark.
Exports of Indian produce and manufacture.
The figures for the last ten years are as follow:
Increase
Rs. (ooo’s omitted).
188o-8l . 719 741
1881-82 . 792,552
1882-83 . 805,981
1883-84 . 850,857
1884-85 . 803,132
1885-86 . 807,347
1886-87 . 849,090
or decrease
per cent.
+ 108
+ 10'1
+ 17
+ 5'5
— 56
+ 05
+ 5’2
1887-88
1888-89
1889-90
. 863,700
. 926,427
. 991,010
+
+
+
17
72
697
a - a
- • - 3
The actual increase in the year was 642 million rupees, the rate of increase
being nearly 7 per cent or just below the rate of increase in the preceding year.
The average annual rate of increase in the decade was about 3'8 per cent.
- •
The increase of the year was in the main the result of a greatly augmented
value of Seeds, Jute, and Cotton. In the case of Seeds and Jute the increase
was due to higher prices, for the quantity of jute shipped was actually smaller
than in the preceding year and that of seeds but very slightly larger.
The first of the groups in which the exports are classified (Animals, living)
requires no notice. It is a trifling trade (value R981,000), conducted mainly
with Ceylon and the Straits, which has in it no promise of development.
II .—Articles of Food and Drink :
Value in Rs.
(ooo’s omitted).
247,128
258.734
238,297
248,419
253-541
This group is about one-fourth of the whole exports.
Animals.