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Comparative Statement of Imports into Bushire from all sources
during the Years 1903-05, Classified according to tlio
Custom-house Tariff*—continued.

Value.
Article*.
1903. 1904. 1905. Increase. Decrease.
£ £ £ £ £
Starch and other non-edible
feculm .. 22 1C 20 10
Edible flours.......................... 2,719 1,158 497 CGI
Qothing .. .. .. 4,185 3,108 2*48 1,1G0
Oils—
Olive...................................... . 50 46 57 II
Kerosene and naphtha 2,937 10,158 7,018 2^510
Other .. 82 145 101) 30
Musical instrument!
Pianos .. 74 8 178 170
Other .. 201 18 23 5
Scientific instruments .. 154 481 319 1G2
Machinery and tools 182
Products—
Animal.. 1,432 1,239 84C 393
3lincral • P 317 134 134
Mercery and hardware .. 8,339 0,539 7,318 779
Metals^—
Iron in ingot*, scrap iron. Ac. 373 195 53 142
„ and steel in bars, pUtos,
sheets 0,041 5,240 4,031 1*09
Tin plate, in sheets .. 4,185 12504 U304
Manufactures of iron and steel 2.443 2.90 1,970 999
Tin, zinc, lead, in ingots, bars 14,016 9,572 1,481 8,091
Manufactures of tin. zinc, lead 84 87 343 256
Copper and nickel, in bars,
sheets, wire .. . v 31,781 39,097 11 *80 27,817
Manufactures of copper and
nickel .. 359 056 529 127
Gold, silver, platinum, in
bars, Ac. .. | . 148,194 41,307 4U307
Manufactures of gold, silver, Ac. 2,350 19,619 897 18,7*2
Metals, unenumerated, in
ingots, Ac. .. Jgpf HI 421 327 327
Manufactures of metals, on-
enumerated ............................ 231 17 581 504
Furniture of all kinds . . 2,585 5^44 5,064 320
Watches—
Gold........................................ 372 332 530 204
Silver.......................... 177 204 *30 34
Other kinds............................ 122 101 175 14
Fancy or ordinary paper for
writing and printing, and
I envelopes .. ’ f .. 1,808 1.742 1 *94 448
Paperwarc ,, -05 309 370 145 225
Perfumery ............................ 194 190 175 IS
Skins—
Raw •• .-• £ 689
Dried, salted, Ac. 149 1,058 2,030 978
Chamois and other leathers • 500 979 979
Leatherware .. flES- .. 959 oo-yji 3,527 1,302
Stones, unworked or worked .. 40 37 73 36
Precious stones, cut or uncut .. 210 85 2^07 2,722
Fish, dried, salted, smoked, Ac. 110 231 133 98
China ware, porcelain, earthen­ 1
ware ........................................ 4,895 9,173 0,617 2^58.
Pottery, other kinds .. 9 5 6 1 # •