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Report on the Trade of Muscat for the year 1937-38.

PART L (5) The Yamashita Steamship Company,
Limited.
General description of the Sultanate of (6) The Mogul Line of Steamers.
Muscat, - (7) The Mitsui Bhutan Kaisha Line of Steamer*.
(8) Silver Java Pacific Line of Steamers.
So* report for the previous year.
81 steamers of oil nationalities aggregating 117.5*3
Currency. teas entered and cleared these ports during the rear
crdrng 31st March 1938. Of these 03 with a total
•See report for the previous year. tonnage of 43,531 were under the British Fla*.
Seven German vessels with a total tonnage of 28.127,
Exchange Rate. 8 Japanese with a total tonnage of 27.557 and 3
Dutch with a total tonnage of 18,445 entered and
KxruAjcoK roll im Maku Trircsa cleared the ports of Muscat and Matrah.
OLLAt*.
Paum r»tc.
1933-3*. ! 193G-17. 1937-38.
Freight-
Rs. A. Rf. A. n«. l. Freights ruling during the year were as follows:—
Jifcliert . 149 0 ! 139 O 140 0
To Bombay and Karachi
Lo»ot US 0 123 O 100 0
i 120 14 Rs. A.
A\*TR2C . 112 0 M3 0 Dry dates . 0 14 per bag np to 8th Ass.
1037 and thereafter
As. 15 per 5«a».
Weights and Measures. Wet dates . .11 0 per ton of 20 c-wta. up to
8th Aug. 12*37 and there­
See report for the previous year. after Rs. 12-4-0 per io~*
of 20 cwts.
Wet dates in cases .11 0 per ton of 40 c. ft. op to
Measures (Linear). 8th Aug. 1937 and there­
after Rs. 12-4-0 per «or>
Same as last year. of 40 c. ft.
Dry fish in bundles . 1 8 per bundle up to 8th Ass.
Legislation. 1037 and thereafter R?_
1-12-0 per bundle.
.See report for the previous year. Foracgraisatca in crates . 1 1 per erate up to 8th A- -
1937 and thereafter Rs.
1-3-0 per crate.
Customs. Wool in bundles . . 7 8 per bundle.
Same as last year. Cotton in bundles . 3 8 per bundle up to 8th K*z-
1937 and thereafter
Rs. 4-0-0 per bundle.
Population. Cotton porce-gooda and
woollen goods . .14 0 per ton of 40 e. ft. up tc
Same as last year. 8th Aug. 1937 and tbtre*-
after Rs. 15-8-0 per tea
Shipping. <* 40 c. ft.
To Colombo
The principal Steamship Lines which called at Wet dates in bags . 24 4 per ton of 20 cwts.
Muscat and Matrah during the year under report Wet dates in cases . 24 4 per ton of 40 c. ft.
Dry firth in bundles
were as follow* :— . 33 0 per ton of 20 cwts.
To United States of America
(1) The British India Steam Navigation Com­
pany, Limited. £ s. d.
(2) The Stride Lines of Steamers. Wet dates is esses 3 0 0 per ton o# SO cwts. or
40 c. ft.
(3) The Ellcrman and Bucknall Steamship Com­ To London r—
pany, Ltd.
(4) The Hanna Line of Steamers. Wet dates in esses 2 17 6 per ton of 20 cwts. or
40 o. ft.