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Transport. Merchandise ia transported to Oio 1013>]911 and tho Utter at the rates given bolow
interior solely by camel caravans and tho following for tha 12 month*
were tho rate* during tbo year for tho most impor­ £ •. a.
tant placer — April 9-13-1 per 3100.
Miy 9-ie-o »» >«
For. Rate. Ter. June 9-14-3 it
July 9-10*3 ft ft
Zu'.fl, Rentl*b »nd . Po.- mftund of 27 Aug. 9- 17-4 rt ft
Anaizab . • |i|-£0 9 0 Vcgbia*-I211 H>« S^pL 10- 6-0 ft »»
SLjgri, lf»jm»’a • OctT. 10-1-i tt ft
and RlaJb . • 15 -£0 10 0 do. NOTT. 9-17-1 *»
47-ro 14 0 do. Deer. 9-19-1
H»3 ft
Jauy. 9-18-8 ft ft
ycir.—Tor cava of tea, haberdasbery, etc, the rate* were Feby. 9-18-8 ft
£0 per cent higher than tho«c quoted above. March 9-18-0 ft 99
Post Office. It is hoped that a regular post
The Sheikh lovies a tax of $. 1 to $. 2 (2 to 4 ofTico will bo established at Kuwait during 1914-
shillings) on goods exported to the interior, tho follow­ 1915.
ing being tbo scale:—
General. Tbo trade statistics aro compiled
Coffee . • $2 per camel load of 3- bags. from the manifest Bo'):b of the shipping companies
Sagu . • 81 per came! load of i bag*. and although endeavours arc made to form as
PJc* . . Free. correct an osumatc of the trado as pos3ibla tbo
figures must be received with some reserve since
Piece-goods §2 p:r camel load of 2 LU. or Bdls. great accuracy is not possible. But it is certain
Iron ware. 31 per camel load. that tho volume of trade is not over-estimated
Kercsioe oil Si per camel load of 6 eases. either in tho steamer or the buggalow traffic
for care has been takes to value tho different arti­
cles at their cost price rates and were proper statis­
Ia addition to the above a further tax of 3 1 tics available, as at Persian Ports, it is almost cer­
per camel is said to be extorted in tra-sit by Bedouin tain that they would show much better results than
Sheikhs and another 8 $ per camel at Asaizah those disclosed by the attached tables. Moreover
oitensibly for the safety of caravan routes. no record is available of unmanifested goods which
Freights. Freights during the year for aie imported by merchants who periodically Titit
Kuwait were at £0 1G 0 to £1 0 0 per ton to Bombay on commercial business. This alone
Karachi acd Bombay by the British India Steam would probably give a substantial Increase in the
Navigation Carapauy, limited, and £ 0 13 4 to imports by steamers.
£0 1G 0 per ton by tho Arab Steamers, Limited.
Either of these lines booked cargo fr:m Kuwait W. G. GREY, Lieut.-Colonel,
direct to any Earopcan Port in 1913-1914.
Political Jycut, Kiacait.
Exchange. The only coins which fluctuate in
value in the market are Turkish liras and Maria Kuwait,
Teresa dollars. Tho former were erchang«.-d at an
average rate of £0 IS 2 per lira during the year Dated Ike May 1914.