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                 RESIDENCY AND MASKAT POLITICAL AGENCY FOR TIIE YEAR 1002-1903.
       Comparative Tallc of the Principal Exports at all the Ports of the Consular District of Bushirc,
         r                           1901-1902—coutd.
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                              ti   i-S.  1001.  1002.  iiri
          AuriciKs.   POBT.        c                  S-=l       ClIARACTEU OP TllADB.
                              Q    5
                                    IU.   Us.    Us.    lit.
      PlOTWOSS — (eontd )                              -205
       TAllow        Linpub   cwts.  G42   725   520
       Tes .         HuiLiro ■   • •  CO   171    27   — 144
                     Liiii! nli  ti   80    72   115    + 13
                                                        + 190'
       Limes (dry)    Do.            855   700   690   -974
       Other sorts of Provision  Huthirc .   Pack ages  C72  1,600  535
                     Lingah .   cwts.  2,210  1.974  13,515  + 11.511
                     Amb Coast  •i  7,601  6,500  6,500  -1,000
      But            Lingah  Tons   3.0C0  1,800  •1,000  + 2.200
      Buds—
       Linseed       Busbiro •  cwts.  2,748  1.9S7  3,018  + 1,061
                     I.i up ah  ,  #»  1,500  5 CO     —500
       Other sorts of seeds  Busbiio .  • •  6,188  11,200  6,358  —5,851
                     Lingab                 80   600    + 420
      String Fisa .                  135
                     Arab Coast  Its.  2.600  3,500  3,500
      SuLia (MoIHBB-O'PkjlBI) Busbiro .  cwts.  33,939  23,337  10,018  —13.289  Tbo export is principally to United
                     Lingab   II    4,002  6.050  7,200  + 1.160   Kingdom and Germany. Prices bare
                     Arab Coset  II  3,000  2,000  8.000  + 1,000  not proved remunerative In the markets
                                                             abroad.
     8lU (Baw) .     Busbiro  Bundles  129        25    + 25
                     Liogab  lb.     288   430   250   —180
     SOT, XAHU7A0TCHX3 OF —
       Silk piece-goods .  Bashire  Cases        • 2     + 2
                     Lingab  Pieces  220   no   1,700  + 1,550
       Silk spparel   ,   .  Do.  Bs.  2,060  2,100  3,000  + 900
      Bricza) ....    Do.   cwta.    955  l.oes  930   —155
      Timbxb axd Wood—                                 + 6,500
       Plioks and Beams   Do.  Us.  11,482  9,500  10,000
       Baiters .   .   •  Do.       9,820  20,400  11,400  -9.C00
      Tobacco        Busbiro .  cwts.  14.360  15,692  8.963  —6.729  Principally exported to Turkey, Egypt
                     Lingxh   »»    4,853  11,415  6,i00  -5,915  and Bahteiu. A small con»ignruent
                     Arab Coast      653   750   450   —300  was also sent to Franco and Cyprus.
                                                             The crop of Tobacco, which is princi­
                                                             pally grown in the Ispnhau District,
                                                             was very small, and prices roso up very
                                                             high. The entire yield is in the hands
                                                             of foreign monopolists, and owing to
                                                             certain customs restrictions, ordinary
                                                             merchants are debarred from trading
                                                             in this article,
      Wool .         Bushire  cwts. ,  7.338  4.636  1.788  —2.848   Principally exported to United Kingdom
                     Liugah  11s.   4,077  1,100  C,C00  + 5,000  and India. The wool clip during the
                                                             year under review was very poor and
                                                             scanty, and prices in markets abroad
                                                             were very low. A large quantity bad
                                                             to bo kept back. Shipments to India
                                                             resulted in losses from 20 to 25 per
                                                             cent., while those to London barely
                                                             cove red cost.
      Wooiivv Goods—
       Cupels •      Bushiro .   Packages  632  375  387  + 12  Exported to United Kingdom, Indin,
                     Liucnh .   n     86   126    72    —64  Turkey and Egypt j the last country
       Olhsr sorts .  Bushiro «       7      3     8     + 5  taking (he largest number. Prices in
                     Liug.ih .   lit. .’   3,740  7.5CO  6.CU0  -1.5C0   the beginning of the year were  un-
                     Arab Coast  Pieces .  2,653  3,250  3,350  + 100  reinuui rativc, but latterly they impro­
                                                             ved in Egypt.
                     Bukhiro .     5,91.412  4,89,755  1,98,012  —2,91,713
      Ktxcix .               Rs.
                     Lingsb   II  22,115,090 30 2.«,i 00 30.3 .,0.0   + 7.000
                     Arab Coast  II  4,21,880 u.yd.ooo  4.-13,000  + 47000
      llTlCLXS HOT SPECIFIED   Ousbirc *  H  83,969  1,01,146  1.02,487  -1,659
       ABOTB.
                     Liugah .   II  31.897  12,80)  8.000  -4,8(0
                     Arab Coast  »•  17,221  16.U0  16,5u0  + 2,500
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