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caravan? are <■ ireulating bills to the extent of 10,C»00 I 'Austrian granulated crystals arc still preferred *na
Tomans should be cd.tnin.ible in the bazaars. There quoted an tl»e standard, and of the import for 1910-1]
is a Perdan Telegraph Olfiee. quite 1,500 tons were Austrian, imported from
, bun; » m Lor. Ion, or cNc from Bombay and Karachi
Loaf-si'cap. The balance is comprised of a Gorman brand, Jav%
The import to B.ishire. for the p.vt few years has sugar from Bombay whi«h had a certain vo-»y*
been : - < Mauritius, at.d China sugar, »>., Javanese sugar"re!
Tei'?. . in Ib.vgkong, (bit it in satisfactory to n0»0
ir^m-07 • • that some 1«*» tons of Eugli-di refined crystals, j,p.
it>»:u3 . n!::-'t 1 Pnr,°d ^ro,n the United Kingdom, had a*promising
IV 8 <-9 ; 4.3x1 ij trial, and met with favour resulting in larger shir^
1909- 10
1910- 11 . . 3.7-1 i merits after the end of the year under renew. r
The diminution for the past year is largely to be j
explained by a part of the stock of the previous year 3
still remainin'.! in the south, consequent upon t!ie | The legitimate import showed a serious decrease of
increase of disturbances; bv a large diversion of ' ovor 00 ton?, while the ini|Kirt ascribed to Indiaa
sugar intended for the Ispahan market n . theMohain- ' origin is 1*20 tons leos than in 1909-10.
merah-Ahw.u route, and for the \ezd market via ' The 212 tons imported in 1910-11 compare verj
Bandar Aldus. unfavourably with the average import of the past five
The “ countries of origin ” shown in the Customs | years, 501 tons,
figures arc altogether misleading. and as proceeding • As compared with legitimate import, tea smuggle
fromportsof shipment a division more nearly exact ' jn ah»ng the coast line adjacent to Bushirc cannct
is:— T ^ 'j have been far short of the quantity first-named.
Mnn=cillc«........................................................1-V23 / Export statistics by wiling foot* give the follow-
Antwerp . l.nio .« ing as translu’ppcd to the Persian coast (t.c., smuggled
Tre-te. :,8> from):—
Hamburg .................................................................1»U J
Tom
Far the greater portion of lx.f-sugar now rr.mcs in ! 3::hraia iis
bags weighing about 1 cwt. net. and not in eases. ' Kuwait 33
Ur* till M iv 1910 ’h-' weight of cones of the Belgian i;cbai . :t
hr .nd ir ; I was 1 r.;l ki*. •*. but in cor.se.,r.enrc of ^ lU, tota] j, onU- ?!ightlr inferior to that for 1909
the demand f**r >:n! l.ghter eo -e< 1 f k. ..c w wers jouc.eroas -.n that the market for tea in the interior
then iu!r« dua l ar.d :oa.,d a co,w*IvrahIe sub* before o{ $omhcrn Pv.r,ia WJ5 vcrJ po0r owing to distor-
the end of the year. .Ny ilarly tumiga the one ■ bancciinthe buying centres.
Hungarian brand m.ported to the Gulf market is ;i
little consum'd in c -mparbon with the others, out ji Beer.
of the quantity imparted thwc was a larger demand Very light English beers of Tilsener or Lager
for I CO kilo cones than 1*70.
li
_ - , , i , v , qualitv have begun to find a small market in Bushire
Tl.o Pcr-ir.n .narky! for Kibai-ar baaalways been , J , G„,( ft, cc.cswn,ptioa. is, however, limited
ro-uewlut ot v special.! v by reason ol: its n-.sicnce . t0 few besides Europeans,
on eonox and the rapid diminution m the weight J
and size of those since 1905 almost leads one to infer j, EXPORTS.
that the time is near when the bazaars and population '
will take to packets of sugar as ordinarily consumed . Wheat.
in Europe. Conditions have boon exceptionally favourable for
Local prices for the Belgian brand opened at 77 a rCvival of the export during the latter half of 1910,
Krans ; fell in September to 74 Krans. In December an,l during 1911. The rainfall was 16 inches for the
and January there were still further falls to 71 and 1909-10 season, and over 20 inches for 1910-11 the
70 Krans, and in February and early March 1911 to . Customs duty was reduced in June 1910 to 6 or 8 per
68 krans. At the end of March a rise in price in > cent ad valorem, whereas it used to be double; the
Europe sent local quotations up again. ! import of sacks, re-exported with cereals, is now free.
Crvstal-sucar. : On the other hand the tribesmen cultivatora from
Quantities imported. 1 l^c districts north and'cast of Bushirc have been ro-
Tons. 1 duccd to great straits after several years of poor crops,
I906-A7 . 3,478 or total failures, and in most districts had to borrow
1007 <'8 • • seed, and money to obtain seed from their chiefs:•*
1W8 09
If?/*-10 ’ 2,201 ' large number of “ cow3 *'of land were half-sown io
1910-11 2,254 . consequence.