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Annex to Annual (Bushire) Trade Report of 1920-21.

The period under review in the foregoing report Pubfic Buildings,
,*i from March 21st, 1920, to March 20th, 1921,
but between tho latter date and tho time of Work on the new Bnsbire Hospital is progres­
wrlb’ng various changes have taken place which sing- very satisfactorily, and at the time of
*re likely to have far-reaching and adverse effects writing (September 195:1) the first storey of the
on the trade of tho country. building iR practically complete.
Tire new Custom* Buildings are also coming
South Persia Rifles. on apaco, and many of the new godewns will bo
ready for occupation in the near futture.
During recent months it has become increas­
ingly apparent that this Force, which has done
fO veil in restoring and maiutxining order on the Currency.
trade-routes in Southern Persia, was doomed to . - 1 Ena
disbandment, or at least to serious redactions in 20 fbafcis (40 pula) — 1 Testa
strength. Should the South Persia Rifles, as an 10 Knot ...
effective and protective Force, disappear, there is Coinage current in district :—Nickel pieces of
no doubt but that the old time gangs of bandits 1 and 2 Shahis ; silver pieces of 1 kran (very
*nd marauders will very quickly reappear ; for in few), 2 and 0 krans (few), Imperial Bank of
Peiria nearly every wayfarer armed with a rifle is Persia notes of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, etc., turnans.
a potential robber.
In Bushire itself rupees amd sovereigns ire
Bushlre-Bornsjua Light Railway. accepted.
On March 21st, 1921, the above mentioned Exchange.
Bailvray ceased to carry passengers and public JUaximum . ETrvm 5-1-17
goods, and, all efforts to effect a reasonable sale of „ 20-40
tie Railway as a going concern having failed, it Xininam * 37-00
was dismantled and shipped to India before the Arerag*
end of the following August.
Weights of Commercial Importance.
New Customs RcglemcnL
15 Kina Cl Baihire eu) 7-56 n*.
On the advent of the new tariff there was a 1 Tabpz or C astern* out a (alto called
tremendous outcry against it by the merchants batm&a) . . . 654 „
all over the country. For a long time local 1 Sbirax man . . • • 7-36
merchants, as a protest* refused to clear their
goods from the customs, but eventually, when 1 Baahioa man
it was realised that the Persian Government wag In Bcahirs ... 124
as adamant in its intention to insist on the In Cbogadale ud Cbakatak . 124
application of the new tariff, opposition gradually In Aagali, Eaihill'-h. Kcunsfcah,
wavered and finally ceased. Zirat, Shab)V2ikareh, Ziudcn and • 1391 .
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BeLbetan
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Of the taxes on imports that on sugar gave rise In Zirah and Kttrn . 155
to the roost bitter comment, hat or the value of In H *y*X Daorf ... 186
this commodity in the open market has since In Linfri . •
decreased considerably the increase is not now felt In HoxCma . • • • 240
to the »ame extent.
I Eh&rwax (100 Ufcmoi) • 654
In the case of exports the only increase that has
Cau^ed serious comment h that on gum tragacanth,
which is very excessive («.*., 30 per cent.). Unless Packing.
tjhia tax is modified considerably there is a grave
knger of Persia losing the market entirely, as, Transport from Bushire to the interior is
owing to favourable rates of exchange, it is possible almost entirely by males. A fair weight for
{?*£« Anatolian gam tragacanth on the market bales transported by moles ii 150 to ISO lbs. eiea
buttle more than half the price of the same half mule-load. Cases should be obloog, about
Wity in the Persian product. 30 by 16 by 16 inches.