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Pabt IV.—MUSCAT TRADE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1889-90.

The statistics of trade for the past year, as received from the Customs
farmer, are shovm in the accompanying returns. They arc merely approximate
and show a slight increase in the value of exports, and a small decrease in
imports. Dates, cotton fabrics, pearls, salt and fruit contributed to the increase;
the decrease in imports was principally in coffee, wheat, blue cloth, twist
from India, cotton, salt from Persian Gulf, pearls from South Arabia, and
sugar from Mauritius; the value of imports from India, however, has improved
by §50,000 over the previous year, chiefly in rice, sugar, oils, and silk goods;
there is considerable falling off in imports from other countries, excepting in
silk goods from Persia, which show an improvement of §10,000.
The customs were bought by Sett Rattonsee Parsotum for §115,000.
E. MOCKLER, Colonel,
E. B. M.'s Political Agent and Consult Muscat.

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