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Trade. It j cheapo; than Cah utta rice an! :s cori*«:tn*«|
Lv:ho poor*. r classes lo::i in Muscit aud in ih«*
Tin* 1nr.il trade for the year K*27-28 ai-ountcd interior.
to £516,914 ns against £471,2C'2 of the \ revious
There has been no direct import « I rice from
year showing an increase of £14,712 or about 9 Rangoon bu* a small quantity of this kind of rice
per rent. came no Bombay and has been included under
Ini]X»rts by steamers show a decrease of £10,379 India.
whilst imports by sailing vessels ihow an increase
of £54,101. There is an increase of £45,309' in the Exports.
value of rice imported by sailing vessels. Total experts for the year under report amounted
Exports show on the whole a slight improvement to £118,285 of which goods worth £11,G52 were
over tho figures for last year. carried by Bailing craft and the balance by steam­
ships. They show a flight increase of £1,017 Over
Of the total trade for the year tire share of the last year’s figures. A glance at the ttatements will
tailing crafts is £140,611 and that of the steamships show that excepting f*»r the items noted below
£378,133. which show increased exports the exports to every
Share of Trade. other country have suffered.
£
Singapore 3^fd
Im|-ortj. Export*. Tout IVrcto* Africa . . 2,37ft
Uge.
Ceylon . 11,575
A« Jen . 1,013
£ £ £ Dates were exported to Singapore, cotton £*k/!s,
Xittt 2,s:o 1,013 3,583 •69 locally manufactured, to Zanzibar and Aden, dry
A.'rlca 5,3'M 4,0*.*6 8,310 ISO fish to Ceylon and Warns (ochre) to Aden. This
IsdU 20 l.Vfi 100,017 I'M ,019 75-02 last i:em is used for dying clothes by the Arabs.
O.jlon 21.130 21,136 M3 Muscat manufacture turbans and Iungis. These
OJna 1,037 2,:.95 •50 arc exported to Zanzibar and Aden. A consider­
able export of these articles passes through ihc
16.M3 4.155 22,093 1-3;
fc-acajorc 30.974 3.5C3 31,539 0-60 Pox: Office and dees not appear in these returns.
The export '•( Fard dates to the United States
CoIt*-d Klntdi-.m 13,573 S3.J 11,706 2 61
Called Siv<! ol 1.975 10.51 J 12.195 240 of America, which is the most important item of
Aiucrlca. Muscat expe rt, has suffered loss fc: several suc­
cessive years oving to the absence of mins in Oman.
Cthtr Coontri** 3,1»*5 i:-c 3,561 •69
Towards the etd of 1927 there was <1 rain, and
it is Loped th.ai the date crop will improve.
TotrL 370.659 516,911 100-00
Legislation.
As will be noticed from the above figures India Tae Government is of tic Oriental type tempered
las, as usual, played a prominent part in the year’s by treaty for the benefit of British subjects over
trade and Singapore comes next in order. whom the local authorities have no jurisdiction.
Nearly £31,000 worth of coffee beans were im­ The Government is carried on by a Council of four
ported from Singapore during :he year. This is Ministers (President, Minister of Justice, Minister
a new item as coffee used usually to be imported of Finance and Minister of Religious ifhairs). Cases
from India and Ceylon. against British subjects are tried by the Political
Agent and His Britannic Majesty’s CmlsuI, Muscat,
Imports. on principle* of law adopted from British India.
Casts against Muscat subjects arc (beaded by the
Total imports for the year amounted to £370,059 Council of Ministers, but the right of Consular re­
as against £326,934 showing an increase of £43,725 presentation exists and is exercised..
or about 7 per cent. Of the total imports goods
worth £2 f 1,500 were carried by the steamships Customs!-
and £129,159 by country craft. Reciprocal commercial treaties have been exe­
The import of rice by steamers shows a slight cuted by the ruler of 0nx3n with Great. Britain
decline whereas the import of the same commodity and France. In accordance with the terms ol those,
by sailing craft shows a marked improvement of all goods imported into Oman are lubjcct to »n.
£45,309. The .money market was tight and there import duty of 5 per cent, ad valorem determined
was no demand from the interior for rice of good by the price current in the local market. Ifo export
quality aDd consequently less rice was imported dut» is levied, but a charge of 5 per cent, is imposed,
from Calcutta. The bulk of the rice imported in Muscat and at the Coast porta on aU dates and
and appearing in these returns came from Karachi
other fruits from the interior.

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