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RESIDENCY AND MASK AT POLITICAL AGENCY FOR THE YEAR 1002-1003. 45

TABLE No. 4.
Comparison °f Principal Articles of Export^frotnJfohatnmerah including transhipments from Kanin

Incline oi Diciiisi
Qrunri.
COimiid WITH
ASTICIM. Crisictib or Tubi-Bivibkb.
a* •*.•« for 1SOI. iocn. Avorage. 1001.
Qr« jean.
Head 1,263 2,C14 1,895 + 627 -719 Dccrcnso due reduction in duty at
Animal
Bnsreh towards end Reason. Horses
chiefly arriving from Turkey for
export when Turkish duty high. Local
oxport about 50 yearly.
Almonds owt. 231 677 1 +413 Increase. From Ispahan practically no
oxport before opouing Ahwaz-Upaban
route.
Cotton, raw . »• C98 502 1.243 + 615 +741 To India and Turkey. Grown in Dirful
districts. Increased demand in India.
.Manchester Cotton Voloo £11,329 £25,032 £G00 -10,729 —24,132 Excess of imports ovor local require*
Good*. incuts in previous years.
Lual Piece-Goods • n 1,258 632 2,506 +1,217 + 1,673 Chiefly quilt covers printed at Shnster
on imported sheeting, and quilts made
at Shuster.
Dates . cwt. 4-1,914 72,766 93.4S9 +60,545 + 20,703 Incrcaso, but includes shipments to
India by coasting craft not obtained
previously. In addition it is estimated
that 18,000 cwta. wore shipped,to Arab
Coast by Oman dhows.
Gum Trag«canth 99 ' 21 196 + 175 Increase. From Ispahan by Bakbtiari
routo, not exported formerly.
„ Inscloble tee 3,563 5.5S6 4,507 +914 —1,079 From Bakbtiari hills and neighbourhood
brought into Ah wen. Export large in
1901, balanco from 1900 crop.
Oilseeds 7,025 8,050 7,299 +274 —761 From Dirful and Ram Hormuz districts.
Sesame exportod to Franco and linseed
to Great Britain and India. Decrease
1902. Sesame crops inferior, but an
increaso in linseed.
Ojium Chests 323 920 | | -f 697 Increase fiom Ispahan by Bakhtiari
rente, not exported formerly.
Ti'lacco CWt 8. 516 378 1,127 +911 j +1.019 Inoreaso in tobacco from Ispahan by
Bakhtiari route, local produce only.
Wool . 99 6,815 8,391 4,029 —1,786 ’ —4,362 Product of Arabistan. Decrease owing
loss of 6hoep in 1900-1901 from
famine. Wool 1902 very inferior and
only shipped to India.
Bugh'SS 1,011 714 1,256 +245 + 642 Natural product of Arabistan. To India
only.
Rtrdl . Bundles 301 320 591 +290 + 271 Natural product of Arabistan for pens,
to India and Egypt.
Specie • Value £68.953 £63,351 £31,146 -27,807 , -32,705 To India in payment goods decrease
owing badness of trade and scarcity of
rupeos and inereated use of drafts,
also to Bushire chieflji on account
Revenue.
Opopoma Case ••• 1 Grows iu Bakbtiari, exported to England
for first time.
Comparison Table of Total Yilue of Exports from Mohammerah and Karun Ports to all countries for the year
1902. Exclusive of Specie.
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Tuva.
OuM TAM LB MITK.
COOBTBT. Buuiu.
A Itnga,
0»« jnn. 1901. 1001 Aversf*. 100L
£ £ £ £ £
United Kingdom 16,010 23,642 34,879 + 19,860 + 11,237 Increase Export of Oplnm.
India and Aden 41,653 79.747 63,472 +38,094 —16,274 Increase on avornee due Ispahan road-
Decrease wool and horses.
Cyprus 8
Perrian Golf Porta 1.743 1,111 + 616 + 1.147 Omitting Haneboater goods j see
Turkey and Egypt 2,856 8,326 +1.235 -234 J below.
Prance . . 306 1,0-0 +670 +16
1,900 only
Hongkong , 10,200 17,840 41.047 +81,747 +24.107 Opinm only from Ispahan.
Total 71,837 126,698 146,683 +74,846 +19,000 Increased Traffio Ahwat Ispahan.
Bnsroh and Busbire • 12,026 26.032 600 —12,326 -21.432 | Re-exports Manchester goods, omitted
8-1,768 161,725 147»2S3 —62,620 -4,442
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