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Imports. to continued wheat famine. Persian rice was also
Jfjf*Vx.—The “ SIiip ” brand of Swodfeh Rifctjr ph'iitiful and prices were very moderate.
gstchis in a*ill the favourite on ncconnl of Bubhiro rates
1*1 cheapness, in spile of the fact that its quality ia B ilim rico (In-lixn) fell from 43 to 3*5 Kransc
Jetfriorating somewhat. Attempts to introduce Anharba ,, „ „ „ 39 to 31 Knirt
British maunfnetared matches of uniformly good Cliamnor „ (Persian) ruled M high at 48 Knni per
cuality havo hitherto proved fruitless owituj to their ll.vhera man or aboat 2d. a lb.
jrohih’itivo coit. A really good safety match would The difTercnco in price is probably accountable for
to welcome in this district, hat tho price mast not by the fact tint the Persian prodnet is a larger
pieced 20^ Kms (8ftv £1-0-0) jyt cane of 50 gross, er.iin, heavier and of Kttcr quality than the other.
el f. Bsjliirc, calculating some 65 matches to a box. It swells in cooking and is therefore considered
Wood,—The year's imjvrt for building purposes nv«ro nourishing. Notwithstanding, nine out of
has increased very slightly in value. The bulk of every ten Persian consumers prefer tho cheaper
j; ftill comes from Indin b. ing largely imp *rtol in Indian varieties.
xiiling craft fr *m the Malabar cueist. ** Teak ” and Ts-nf-rugar—Tin’s import, which had steadily
* Ben teak ” arc f ivouritcs for the construction of ships fallen during tho part three yers from 7,217
*sd houses, whilst for lighter work, fcch as doors to 3,321 tons, rose slightly in 19* 9-1010 to l,S93
tr.d doorposts M Mango-wood ” « preferred. Logs tonv. Owini» to lack of security in the district, the
usually some 20 to 45 feet long by 18 inches by Shiraz sugar market bccamo almost depleted,
£1 inches and >fcouhl lo sawn and roughly plan el whilst at the samo time Bnshire «as overstocked
bLfore shipment. Certain kinds, notably Bcotcak all round and the trade stagnated. Duri-g tho
tzd Masgo-wo d, are prone to detraction by white ra^nth or two in 1910 when transport into the
ants. interior was most con.-piccon-dy abser.t, pm* tscallv
Beer.—Attempts are at iho present moment beieg no 6ugar was Fold locally with tho exception of
— ade to introduce an English beer FclScitmlv some damaged lots which were disposed of by
l'rbt to be consume 1, as well as to remain uu:m- auct’on. Even when in the wiuUr transport
f.'Iircd c-riig travel and storage, in the hot season; was available muleteers refused to acre: t perishable
aid at the samo time to be as cheap as its foio;gn articles, snch as sng.ir and tea, fcari-g less they
e mpetit rs. Two well known hreweiics have now might be damaged by the innumerable streams of
c= finitely taken t« is matter up, and trial comigc- water which intersect the Jirroh ro<d.
c-.-uto are shortly expected. Local prices have keen as under:—
CantF's.— Slcarino candles of Putch manufacture Belgian loaf from G3 to 67 Kr;»ns (22x. CJ.) to
cf a high melting point are still most in deman 1. 21/ 1 d. per cas-r of oG coces weighing 1*60 kilo­
Burmese paraSne wax candles were already grams each.
overstocked and their import consequently fell this Marseilles leaf touched 73 Kraus (26*.), Hunga­
Lit year from 137 to 7 ions. Prices have rubd rian stood at CS to 69 Krans (°-lx. Gd. to 2-1*. 10Ji.).
at alont 10 shillings per cns-2 of 3‘»-32 packets, with Retail hamir rates averaged 4 Krans at 1-2
6 caudlc-s to a packet. T-atierly Lowever bx. Cd. has months’ credit-to allow drafts on Shiraz time to
bc-:n quoted for Burma candles.
mature) or lx. 7d.
It appears to he a popular superstition that thc<c A particularly hard kind of lamp sugar, well
cumot n. part'the hot season in Bnshire and bmvn ia thc Gnlf littoral eorao 10 years ago, has
onFcquently they are almost always forwarded up- ]alcl_ m^e its re-appe-..ranee. It is a German
country, only occasionally lxing on sale in the town • ort in iho 8hape of a regular and clcan-cnt
itsolf. Experiment shows however, that although rnranei0&n,m. and i, slightly cheaper than tho
they part-ally melt and be-orne nns. rviccable (at a or Bclgiao varieties. Owing to its slow-
Umperaturc of over 100 F. in the shade) when n,s8 jn roelting, it is not popular in Bushiro cv the
placed in open European candlesticks, they arc no | t<JlVQ6 of the intcrior> finds some sale in tho
mere affected ti an steannes when used m the denuding villages. The Persians have a curious
-Isle,” which is a candlestick made after the snper5j;iti0n with regard to it, that the plentiful foth
principle of the carnage-lamp and is almost productd in thc cap wLen it is diopped into tea or
universally employed by both Europeans and coffec ^ (he re>ult of exce5Siv0 adulteration with
Ia^IVC8- bones. So averse indeed are the inhabitants to any­
CfcareosI.-^Bahrain has this year shared the thing not perfectly clean and white in sugar, that,
import with India. In addition theie has been a on tho whole, they prefer crystals to loaf-sugar
plentiful supply from Bornzjun and neighbouring because the former are, or are popularly supposed
Persian villages, in consequence of which the price has to be, purer.
dropped from 13 Kraus per man to 10 Kr&ns, or Crystal sugar.—In December 1909 there was Tory
about 3x. Id. a cwt. jittle of this in the town excepting Java. Shortly
Bice.—The supply of Indian rice Ftill further aftcrwards. however, 600 bag6 of Manritins crystals
increased this year from 1,213 to 1,926 tons, owing arrived. The interesting experiment of importing a
1403 P. D.