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Turk tv i6 the only other country lo which an depressing condition of Persian trade, VII(J
export takes place, and that is probably connected insist loo strongly on the necessity fop i>*n00
with the loading of vessels in the Tigris. pay more attention lo exports from Persia "J3 *°
Buslure, with a total of 14,73$ tons valued at ; because these offer a safer field than import
£93,b72, was therefore the second wheat exporting ! 1° hand, and because the more the cxiortl,1
port in Persia. 1 power of the population is developed the *.r,. ^
In addition to the wheat export, barley was I will be the consumption of imports. * 4 vr
export*! t<» the amount of 7,27S tons valued at ! Persian merchants have a prejudice
l'.irloj. £25,25>, of which the United Kingdom t*:ok i shipping to Europe, and the trade is one in u|,vi
2,516 tons and Germany 4,631 tons. " | European firms prosper best.
Thus the total exj-ort of grain from Hushirc About 10 wheat-cleaning and separating
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reached 22,016 tons, the highest for moro thin ' machines wero at work in Ihishire in lOU-luj^
20 years, and compared not unfavourably with i several new machines having arrived during tpj
the province of Arabistan, which shipped 30,677 j year,
tons. Prom the beginning of March 1911, there was
Toe production of grain for the year 1911-12, keen competition in buying between Persian brol
as estimated in advauce of the harvest, was :— kers and British representatives. A shortage r.f
coin in the town during the autumn and a rise in
For the di.'trkte north of Buahiro . Tons 23,500 . freights, worked however, to the disadvantage ,,f
Surplus from 19*0-11 5,500 British firms buying. Purchase takes pla -e vitl, *
F.r districts south and cast of Bushirc „ 20,0\M at the smaller coast ports, ur ou the wharf a:
Ilushire.
Tom 4n,0»
The price of wheat after the harvest of 1911 ws*
The quantities actually put on the rauket, very favour ible to export, 12 Krans (4j_ 3//.) pr
according to the customs statistics, were : — lla-hem man of 121 lbs being paid in Bu.-hir*
From the northern dUtric's . Tons 23.232 during May and June: by October it had ris a
Frv*:n the jouth.m ar.-l castrra dis­ with the demand to 13-141-15 Krans (»*. s<i p,
tricts ....................................... »• 9,209 or. 3rf. to o.t. G./U From January onwards,
prospects became less favourable for the harvest
Tvr.s 32,141 1912, prices rose from 15 lo 16 and Caally !7
Consumption of all grain for the littoral and Krans (5V«. (»«/., 5jt. lllrf., 6t. 2</.) when purcha-e
Bnshtre during lt'11-12 ni'i«: h ive j-.yproximii'd for export w s no linger possible.
tons 1 4,000, a:ul after d 'ducting this \gure, there As, howev-r, nearly all who if, brought in ;r
shoul 1 have be°n a minimum reserve of about v at or by land, lias a large admixture of barl-y.
4,0*. 0 tons carried forward for 1912-13. from 10 to 30 per cent. Layers for the London
On the Gulf coast the ports of output in market have to lake this into account, when consi­
1911-12 well dering the purchase price of wheat. Ordinarily
ibc export of barley to the United Kingdom fr-—.
n«i ) . . . . ( *.7C«
Mvhnr * In Albican . . \ 911 Ru«hire does not pav expenses, but during lf*!'.-
It Indian ) . ( 8*53 12 the price of barley was at times even nr,--,
!:andar Di'.tm . . . 7.5.'. 4 favourable than that of wheat, and buyers W’"r
Geuffdi . 2.499 therefore, able to ship all that remained afr-r
FsnJxr R*g . . . 8,051 cleaning their vvh-'at. Prices for Barley in L: ’%
Eudhillfh 2.711 ruled from S Kraus (2j. 11 r/.) after the h;rv-«:
FMef . . . . . . 2,126 of 1911, aud rose gradually to 9 to IP* Krans
lHlwar . 7ZO October and December and to 11 Krar.s (ft.iit
Laver (Khur Ziarrt) . 3,923 the five months of 1912.
Dayyir . . . . 1.S93 A specimen invoice of charges and purchasing
Tahiti . 35 9 and shipping wheat and barley is given below:—
Other Porta 1,093 Jfixed graint purchased on \charf—
Everything pointed to the harvest of 1912 Ha-bcra mans 121 lbs. Krans. Kraus.
being abnormally large. Bather more than 112* @ 131 1.-*’.22-875
2 months', instead of the u-ual 40 days’ sowing 309 @ 13 4.0.7-
was possible owing to early rains, and 6ecd was 11
plentiful and cheap in all districts. The extent HI @ 13*
of land under cultivation was by March 1912
greater than for many years previously, while the 433J Kraus , 5,636*50
pea-antly had been stimulated by the brisk
demand for export in the previous twelve months.
It was thcref-i^e-tTdouble disappointment, when After cleaning and separating—
lack of rain in the early spring—from January Basham Hashes. C»*-
lMh, onwards, none fell—spoilt all chance of a mans.
good harvest. Wheat = 201 bags @ . n =3o-i
Iflfwover, with th» surplus ov-r from 1911-12» Barley == 98 * @ . il =m» =iv
it was estimated that the amount in hand after
May 1912 would be about 2$,000 tone, of which Expense*— Kraus. Shat -
rather more than half would be required for the
year’s food and fodder in th* districts concerned. (i) Brokerage for purchase @ 10 •13 F
Krans |»cr 10J Hashora mans
Business in grain has hith rto been touched bv (ii) Porting-* from Wbarf to wuro-
few British agencies in Bu-hirc: but in the present house 3J 15