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EESIDKNCY ASD MUSCAT POLITICAL AQSSCT FOB 188S-87. 25

The fall in the value of silver of coarse affected the trade injuriously. The rupee which
was at It. 8d. in January 1888 fell in August to Is. 4d. and
Kxchtog*.
roso again to 1«. 6 d. The he ran was at its lowest in August
when 37 herons equalled If. sterling. The Herat kerans, of which large quantities were held
in Persia, fell in value 10 per cent. also.
The customs of Shiraz, Bos hire, Lingah and Bunder Abbas*
Cotton i.
were formed at 210,000* tomans, and sublet as follows:
• Om tom*n b oqo&l to Aboot Shiraz at 27,000, Lingah 24,000, and Bunder Abbass 70,000,
U. 8}J- leaving Bushire calculated at 89,000 tomans.