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Tho import of Indian piece-goods has, however, TVs eontinuod dccrcaso in most unmt'sfaeiorv.
increased Ir X3G.212 (355 tens). At the present role of decline tho piece-goods trado
should be extinct in another couple of years.
From United ir.o//en piece-go^(ft. Tis-uei of wool show &
Tear. From Total im porta.
Kingdom. markc-1 rise all r-und on 1903*09, bat 6lill fall far
aboil of former years
Tone. Tons. Tons.
190G-07. 1907-08. 1903-09. 1909-10.
19-15 2,3? I 178 2.G59 £ £ £ £
1906-07 1,685 406 2.213
] 907-08 2,566 551 3,103
19'8-09 1,723 •195 2.217 From United King­ 7.836 9.G08 2.193 3,161
1909-10 1,013 650 1.877 dom.
From India . 3.676 1,302 1,732
Dter-ose this jcar=710Jacrcasc=355 Decrease=3 70 3^15
Other countries 519 1737 671 780
General tra/lo depression, insecurity of tranport
»ol shaken credits arc sufficient to account for this
further decline of 370 tons. 12.031 15,147 4,896 7,665
Tho following, though iia clasrificalion is not
guarontcci. gives a rough idea o: tho number of
p'c-ccs of the different varieties of cotton-goods ExrottTS.
(British) which wero imparled curing the past Theso have decreased in valuo to the extent
rear:— of £51,701. a thing which is easily accounted for
j by a fall in the opium extort of over .£73,000’
1907-08. lCri-5-09. 1909-10. i On the other hand gum Arabic (Insoluble) and
Almrnds Lave been healthy. Pro.-pects for next
year arc brighter always provided that security of
Ticccs. P: cos. Ticces. the roads is made permanent.
Write ami gwy gooes— Ci-cals.—A good rainy season led to a good
Mexicans 38.423 17.435 18,250 harvrrt in 1010. In spile, however, of the removal
White _ sud grey 81,9:7 0.316 36,497 of the embargo on export of grain and the reduction
shirtincs. of thr duly by one-half it is not expected that the
While M-l?s . 33,or«6 41.053 15,703 tot 4 export from Unshirc will exceed 1,500 tons as
White Nriusoohs 61," '0 2.187 25,722 aguirat the 2,390 tons sent oat in 1900. The trade
Cambrics, Drills aud 7,055 13,539 24,054
Lawns. is limited to & few European firms, and one of
1hc?e is buying plentifully and shipping from
Jdobsmraciah. It has been calculated that well
C.'l-mred go:*:s—
Prints (fast red, 186,739 1 i_\S09 45,941 over 15,000 tons were probably available for export
lamsa, discharge, in all.
astori, fLrey, etc.)
Duhahis rise clashed 36,027 32,931 37,128 Prices of wheat per Hashem man of 124 lbs. fcl^
as prin’.sb from 30 to 13 Kraus rising to 15} as tho efleet of
Black Twills . 23,211 9,687 331 competition among the various European buyers
Hod arid purple 47.S37 27,308 17,162 made itself felt. This latter rise in price caused
Twills. loud complaints amongst the native population and
Bed arid purple 11,997 6,179 13,217 toe local authorities did what they could to obstruct
Mulls. exporters by hinting darkly at the revival of the
Black dyed Italians . 4,515 2.670 embargo, and by levying illegal taxes on various
Crimps ?,592 9.832
Muslins, Lt-nos, etc. 43,377 8,791 pleas and without the slightest waruing at the very
Black srd white moment when the giain arrived in port from the
print*. outlying districts. Barley similarly fell from 23
White a.-.3 coloured 14453 4,657 1,518 Kraus to 6} Krans. A curious feature of the
gauze. good grain season was that after the fail ores of the
Sattcens, etc. . 1,963 past few ycara, the peasants had great difficulty in
Miscellaneous (*,.e, 19,978 obtaining sufficient seed for sowing purpose®. In
falling under the most of the districts they were compelled to obtain
above heads but either the seed itself or the money for purchasing it
not distinguished
by native agents). from the local chiefs, who thus acquired certain
rights over the expected crop. When these bad
been satisfied and the tribesman had reserved for
60(1030 456,049 280,876
themselves in addition a sufficient quantity for their