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Tj,jf was undoubtedly caused, not by any lack of sale in the bnziar was narked as "made in
pipping facilities or 'restrictions, but by the extra- Japan": and in both these cases the country of
ordinari depreciation 0f t!ic exchange fordiafts transhipment—India—was given as conntiy of
on the United Kingdom and India. It did not origin. It is probable that much in the wav of
pay to export tic product) and raw products of piece-goods manufactured in the United Kingdom
Persia, -with few exceptions. was shown also as from India.
The following figures represent conversion of Tho figures of the proportion of Great Britain,
Kmns at tbo average rated of exchange, adopted India and Colonics in the total trade have
officially for these years :— bocn:—
Import*. Exports. Per cont Per c*nt-

£ £ 1001 . 65 1909- 10 , 68
889,825 454.981 1908 . 63 1910- 11 . 70
1904
1*05 761,932 469.980 1903 49 1911- 12 . «5
; 906-7 (March) 863.812 598,421 1904 65 1912- 13 . 66
11*07-8 1,062,043 497,990 15*05 . 6tf 1913- 14 . 48
I90>-09 . 793,-105 432.596 1906-07 62 1914- 15 . 79
1909- 10 . 717,091 400.892 1907*08 77 1915- 18 . 004
1910- 11 '. 676.614 348,050 1908-09 70 1918-17 . 909
1911- 12 . 932,531 C69.020
1912- 18 . 951.720 637,031
1913- 14 . 825.7c 7 601,765 Customs Receipts In the Gulf Ports.
1914- 16 • 669,339 719,171
1916-16 . 777.317 683,056 Tho gross Customs revenue for the 3 province**
1916-17 . 1,299,662 •413.134 on the Persian Gulf was nearly doubled (though
at Bushire there was a reduction of rather over
The tonnage statistics are a more reliable index 3,000,000 Krans): and in bo far as the net
to the comparative trade of the past decade revenue goes to pay off the interests, etc., on
British Tcans and advance^ the low* rate of
exchange of the pound sterling in Persia must
Imports. Exports. haTe left the Persian Government with a much
larger surplus than usual, available for other
purposes. The following are the figures for the
Tcraa. - Tons.
1908- 09 16,981 6.400 past 4 years:—
1909- 10 16,404 6,016
1910- 11 13,079 9,339 Province. 1913-14. 1914-15.-1915-16. 191G-17.
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1911- 13 16,597 28,034 ;
1912- 13 19,713 13.776
1913- 14 23,614 6.609
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1914- 16 18,041 6,723 Rraaa @55 Kras*. @40
1915- 16 14,029 3,833 Krma. KzaDs.
1316-17 21,467 3,001
£ £ £ £
Bandar Abbas 33,970 28J75 40,547 74.610
Comparison of Trade. Bafibiro 82,0*21 99.246 115,141 99^*95
AcoonJing to the Customs classification of Ar&bistan 63,110 35.247 61,123 163,378
countries of origin the aggregate proportion of the 174,101 163,263 216,811 337,883
knport trade falling to Great Britain, India and Totax
Colonies amounted to 95*81 per cent, (with
Mesopotamia under British occupation 97*13): of The decreased import of Tea considerably
affected the receipts at Bushire in 1915-17.
the Export trade 85*99 (with Mesopotamia and
Egypt 90*93). Exchange:
But the declarations of origin supplied to the The effect of the "War on the Trade of Persia
Customs are notoriously inexact, and in the year has been more remarkable than the extraordinary
1S16-17 were patently so because a large portion appreciation of the Kran in the space of some
of the Crystal sugar imported oame from Java, 9 months from March to December 1913, The
^d a very considerable quantity of miscellaneous main cause has undoubtedly been the large some
f°°^s (matches, glassware, loaf sugar, cotton ■pent by Russia in Northern Persia in the
•andries, wearing apparel, haberdashery, etc.) for maintenance of Russian troops there, followed by