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CONTENTS.

Pao*
General review ...................................................................... 3
Credit system .......................................................................... 5
Comparison of volume of trade .......................................... 6
Exchange.................................................................................. 7
Shipping .................................................................................. 8
Freights .................................................................................. 8
Transport.................................................................................. 9
Troubles with customs over responsibility inside customs 9
Chamber of Commerce.......................................................... 10
Cotton goods .......................................................................... 10
Woollen yarn .......................... ............................................... 11
Prospects of cotton goods trade .......................................... 11
Loaf sugar .............................................................................. 11
Crystal sugar .......................................................................... 12
Tea......:...................................................................................... 12
Rice .......................................................................................... 13
Candles...................................................................................... 13
Kerosene .................................................................................. 13
Exj>orts—
Cereals................................................................................... 14
Opium .................................................................................. 14
Almonds .............................................................................. 15
Gum ...................................................................................... 15
Wool...................................................................................... 15
Statistical tables...................................................................... 16

CCRRKSCT.
20 shah is (40 puls) ... ... = 1 kran
10 krans ............... ... 1 toman
Coinage current in district:—Nickel pieces of 1 and 2 shahis ; silver pieces
of 1 kraa (few), 2 krans, 5 kr&ns (few). Imperial Rank of Persia notes of
1, 2, 3*, 5, 10, &c.f tomans.
Exchange.
Bank rate per 1ZL during 1907-08:—
Maximum ....................... r* 57 '75 kran
Minimum 51*75 „
Average ... ... ..< 54-54 „

Weights of Commercial Importance in District.
16 kiass (1 Bushire man) ... 7-7511*.
1 Tabriz or customs man... 6 -54 ..
1 Shiraz m&n ... 7 -36 «
1 Hashem m in ............... 124

Pacxino.
Transport from Bushire to the interior is almost entirely by mules.
A fair weight for bales transported by mule is 175 to 200 lbs. each Half
mulo-lcad. Cases should be oblong, about 36 x 24 X 24 inches.