"ملاحظات اللورد كرزون عن بلاد فارس" [ظ‎‎٥‎٤‎٦] (١٣٨٦/١٠٩٤)

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Tea.
Bengal now regularly imports far more sugar than it exports. Most of the
exports are from Madras. Bombay, as has been said in a previous page of this
review, imports extensively.
The exports continue on a large scale, but there was a heavy fall of prices
in the year:
lbs. (ooo’s omitted). Rs. (ooo’s omitted).
1883-84
. 59,912
40,839
1884-85
. 64,162
40,447
1885-86
. 68,784
43,061
1886-87
. 78,703
47,280
1887-88
. 87,514
51,744
1888-89
. 97,011
52,673
1889-90
. 103,760
52,776
The average price realised at the auction sales in Calcutta during the last
two years were as follow, in annas and pie per pound :
1888-89.
1889-90,
Orange (and broken orange) Pekoe
12-4
11-8
Broken Pekoe . . . .
10-3
9-9
Pekoe . . . . .
8-1
7-5
Pekoe Souchong . . . .
6-3
5-7
Broken ditto . . . .
5-10
5-0
Pekoe Fannings . . . .
6-6
5-7
Other low class . . . .
4.11
4-8
The London market, as usual, absorbed the bulk of the exports, which were
thus distributed (in lbs., ooo’s omitted) :
1887-88.
1888-89.
1889-90.
United Kingdom
84,182
93,222
98,731
Australia .
2,472
2,880
3.419
Persian Gulf
324
467
1,200
United States .
54
155
103
Canada
• ••
14
85
It is satisfactory to see the increase in the exports to Persia and the neigh
bouring countries. This increase to a large extent means a diversion of trade
from Afghanistan, the extortionate dues charged in that country on tea from
India in transit to countries beyond making the continuance of that route unpro
fitable. Hitherto the tea sent from India to Persia has been most largely foreign
tea, from China and Java. Although the exports of such tea are still larger than
those of Indian tea (1,673,000 lbs. were exported in the year), it would seem that
it has lost the monopoly it possessed.
While the imports of Indian tea into England continue to increase, those of
Chinese tea continue to diminish. The following are the imports from India
and China into England in the last six years (quantity stated in lbs., ooo’s
omitted):
From India.
From China.
1884
. 63,208
143,771
1885
. 64,382
139,673
1886
• 73,467
145,308
1887
. 84,645
119,799
1888
. 89,874
105,735
1889
• 95,384
88,558