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pnzmes amd trade generally arc changing, and unless the steamship
omonpanDes and firms who have for years been trading up the Gulf
nnaaih urizh the times they will find their trade and their carrying
ttxn&e taiem from them.
A certain enterprising firm in the East, very favourably situated,
wifiicd to participate in the supply of a certain article very much
wcim by the Arabs. The firm took a good deal of trouble in
cbti;aiiiELg: the exact sire and colours, &c., required by the Arabs,
wio Im tbis article of attire are very particular, almost verging on
tine poent of “ dandyism.”
Samples and full particulars were sent to the British manufacturer,
hunJt the goods supplied were not exactly according to order. Qn
ths mnarariLacturer being asked to correct the little difference, which
Ektille cEfikrence was of great importance to the Arab, he refused to
do so- The result was the firm had to give up the business, as the
Arabs woedd not buy what the British manufacturer supplied him,
agftrthea: firm, not British, took up the business, went to the Con-
ribs tent Eoc his article, obtained what was required and captured the
trade.
Commercial Thes- is an opening for a good all round general commercial
tr&Tellec.
tnrreHtsr in Persia. He should be young and energetic, capable of
taaivelEnS in a country where mules and horses are practically the
acibr of conveyance from one place to another, the more
lLangraages he can converse and correspond in the better; French
being- essential, and he should be prepared to deal in all classes of
gotods* Jbcch big and small.
ZNkariy all the French goods imported into Persia, via this port,
aze solid ly a French traveller who visits this country once a year,
acrid wibor has in the course of three or four years worked up a very
teaEratahne business both for himself and those he travels foe. He
pays acrimial visits to Bushire, Shiraz, Ispahan and Teheran, and
ftvnrTW via Russia, but he very rarely if ever visits the other
beg centres of trade in Persia, such as Kermanshah, Ramadan
SkltanrBbiBd, Meshed, Kerman and Yezd.
Thg goods he sells are also imported via the north, and he does
jacjtt exzrikasvely confine himself to French goods. He travels with
samples and a small quantity of the smaller and easily transport-
sidle aanirfles, such as watches and jewellery, Ac.
There must be a hundred and one miscellaneous articles mann*
factored m the United Kingdom, which, if properly shown, would
be puintraiased both by the European and native population, and
nfc mruHt not be forgotten that the latter consists of a certain per*
rwrrtia ge d Armenians besides Mohammadans, although they, in
aauxist cutset, do not belong to the wealthy classes.
A timelier would find it to his advantage to study the peculiarities
c£ ttfhe msshres with regard to their wants and habits, and would very
soam Ufoana what he could sell and what he could not. He must
1 f ^ HTkP titiFt that in the matter of big sales trade is only done on the
system when dealing with the middleman, but with the