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, ig },ave boon paying the tolls demanded. The As owing to the unsettled condition of
of all alcoholic drinks was prohibited exchange it wan difficult to compare the volume
J ri"ff the year under report except under special of trade a statement of imports and ezpoita in
“it. This led lo a great deal of smuggling tons ia appended.
>jtb the result that the Persian Government
Wal'd of revenue without stopping consunp- Tctr. Imp- rt*. Export i.
tiin to an/ appreciable extent It also, of course,
jolted in the jiriccs of alcoholic drinks rising to
,laiost prohibitive Gguies. £ £
Owing to the bad harvests during previous 1909-10 . 651.901 SG4.U6
jWr- the export of grain was also prohibited, 1910-11 . 683,236 8-7,227
though this bad little effect locally, on there w?.s
wgrain to export. This year however owing to 1911-18 . 847,756 608,200
tt? excellent rains, there appears every prospect of 951,720 637,091
aa excellent harvest and there should be a large 1912-13 .
rcrplus ready for export, so it is hoped the 1913-14 . 823,757 601,765
ti,(/ ctions may be removed.
Embargo imposed by the Persian Government 1914-16 . 669,339 719,171
on the export of silver from Pcisia continued 1915-16 . 777,317 663.066
throughout the year. This embargo has been
iepo^rd not only on Krans, the silver current 1916-17 . 1.29:^52 •113,(34
in Persia, but also on ru|>ees and other tilrer 1917-18 . 2,439,179 820.951
T/ney. Tlie consequence has b**en that large
quantities of silver have accumulated in the Bank 1918-19 . 2.946,150 395,150
ii<\ with European firms who have commented
refusing to accept payment in anything but notes 1319-20 . 2,723.357 917,655
c: Foreign drafts. This has put a premium on 1920-21 . 2,463,797 638 571
cites and interfered with the regular circu ation
ef currency without doing any good as in shown 1921-22 1.525.5G4 6S0.097
It the exchange value of the Kran. It has also
lrl to a good deal of smuggling of Krans out of
tie countiy as noted last year.
Tear. Imports. Exports.
State of the market.
At the beginning of the period under review T«ias. Tons.
t* Bushire market was still overstocked with 1909-10 . 18,4.4
piods ordered during 1919-20 when the rate of 6.«»I6
ti liange was very favourable to the Persians. 1910-11 . 13,879 9,339
lifortunately payment for goods was nsually
arranged on delivery and owing to the scarcity of 1911-12 . 16.5&7 2S.034
tapping these goods took a long time to be 1912-13 . 19,7 i2
delivered and in the meantime the rate of j 13-.776
tn.bange had turned ind the value of the Kran I 1913-14 . 23,614 6,609
^ dropped very considerably as noted id last j
j^8 report. In consequence many merchants 1914-16 . 18AU 5.729
rj lo face very heavy losses and a good many 1915-16 . 14^29 3,863
while British firms in many cases had to
°ale easy terms with the importers in order to 1916-17 . 21,467 1,001
lve their goods takes over. This applied al*o
* Shiraz for which Busbire is the chief port. 1917-18 . 39,258 2.746
n fongequence the year under review was a had 1918-19 . 26.830 2,777
** for trade.
1919- 20 . 23.212 1,837
Volume of Trade.
1920- 21 ., 21,154
^<tTC ^°^ow*n£ figures show the value in 3.496
^7*ar|0^ Cx^orts *D^ i03?01*5 during the past J 9*1-22 . 19.471 1.961