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of them hnvo been uncrated and assembled at the Customs, and a few are
plying in Bush ire.
(v) Italian.—Five Lloyd Triostino steamers brought 3,173 tons of imports.
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i The greater part arrived in November and December, and is said to have
included goods brought by German ships as far as Trieste, and transhipped at
considerable extra cost to the buyers.
(vi) Russian.—Russian steamers have ceased to call, the monopoly for the
supply of matches has been transferred from Russia to Japan. Stocks of
Russian matches are not exhausted, but Japanese matches, slightly more
expensive and of better quality, arc on the market.
Opium.—The following shipments were made in .1939 :—
January 300 oases for .Saigon.
February 200 It „ Saigon.
300 „ Batavia.
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1.300 „ Dairen.
March .. 1,000 II „ Far East.
200 „ Moji.
II
100 „ Macao.
II
April E!*l 100 ii „ Hamburg.
May ., Nil.
June .... 122 ii „ Hamburg.
35 „ Rotterdam.
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31 n „ Geneva.
200 „ Macao.
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July •• • 1,300 „ Manchuku.
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250 „ Singapore.
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August 133 »i „ London.
100 „ Hamburg,
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35 „ Amsterdam.
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September 250 ii „ Singapore.
October 100 „ London.
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1,000 „ Far East.
II
November Nil.
December 100 „ London.
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Total .. 7,356
There was thus a large increase over last year’s export of 4,755 cases. Most of
this opium went, as usual, to the Far East. All is reported to have been Cor
legitimate consumption, except one shipment of 1,000 cases to the Far East by a
Japanese ship in October, about which there was some suspicion.
The cases are of standard weight of 160 lbs. valued at approximately £120
per case.
The * llimadieh Spinning and Weaving Mill ’.—A serious crisis occurred in
the mill in May, when the Manager, Mr. ’Ttcmad, found himself unable to
fulfil orders for which, though advance sales to merchants in Shiraz, he had
already received payments amounting to Rials 1,200,000. An audit of account
was begun, as a result of which it was suspected that the manager had embezzled
large sums of money, and the members of the managing committee turned
against him. In June, the mill ceased work for lack of material, and next
month most of the employees were dismissed. Jn September, however, work
was resumed—it was rumoured that the members of the managing committee
had been induced to lend Rials 20,000 each—and the manager was soon able to
repay a considerable sum. Since then, by the judicious use of influence, he has
weathered another storm, and the forecast for the mill seems to be set fair. It
is producing to full capacity and has been working day and night shifts. The
chief apprehension has been that sufficient supplies of raw cotton might not j
be available, since it is rumoured that great quantities have been sold to

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