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of cargo carried outwards (imported to Bashirc) i Rates for dates, skins and rosewater to India
wore in tie-* period under review : remained the same as in the - previous years,
; viz., its. IG’23 per ton, and Re. 1 per case rospoo-
j tively.
Vein'it W*k1i 1912-13
in 5o Opium to Hongkong and Singapore, up to
191M2. 1912-13. r»:»»gci. September H'li, stood at Rs. ’-5 per ch-’st, and
then r:so to Rs. VO and Rs. GO, which led suir.-
Rs. merchants to seek a new route, a:. 1 le>s exj-cusivc
An.’ -AL’ervi rate n.f l*ort Said to the Far East.
Co.. UL V1>9G) . 25 21 C-I.3S1 : ; Distribution of Imports.—The cargo lauded
Hacki all Sti Miuliin Liuo*. at Burhire from all steamships calling at the
Ltd. .... 10 15 23.371 : ]>ort, comprised approximately the following total
Wot Ilart!c|»ool Stoma i vf packages, some of the chief items of which arc
.Vtvi^i'.io^ Co, Ltd. . 9 5 mentioned below
An!-oir Weir A i
Co, mid «*:L*.rCli&rJcred I
Stoaiuer* . 17 13 1 , Prom From
Total
lMt:»b ltd’ll Stiftin Xivi- : Ecrc 7-o and nr vid Packo^t s.
iii Co , I.t>L . . 101 t>6 99,629 AciricA. lndi.\. i
!
Am* Suariliip Lines
L: L .... 10 19 5,763 j
in : Persii Stosa
Xivijjitioi Co, Ltd. 10 13 4,109 I
Sugar P adage* 120,492 27,071 j 117,503
Ar.gl '-P, rs’in Oil Con-
p*“-y • 2 Tea 6,819 C,S19
i
Spice* •1,839 4,9*
nice 20,200 20/20
lv9,57S Flour U 80 1.706 1.SS5
Tittou FivCC-gools „ 3/,670 ■1,154 3-7,12 J
11 G :r. .an vessels of the I la mlurg-Arr. rriea
Line ealld on the outward voyage, and 12 on Cotton %nrns ir.l thread 156 827 1.2S3
the honw.vard voyage; 5 Russian vessels out­ Ciwdlci BatidU-*, Case* 3.476 •1,032 7,CoS
ward aud r homeward; during the ]vriod under
review. Kcro‘0'c „ 33,223 33,223
During the year the Bombay and Persia Steam Block r.3 50 327
Navigation Company passed under the manage­ 577
ment of an English firm in India, the former Gian*-*:* J9 C32 303 910
u.itire management retiring. Persian merchants
d •r.ucilcd in Bombay at oc:e mooted the formation Window Gl*s* *? 358 55 •110
•*? a now company under the British llag, aud Hardware, Ei.arcd- „ 107 246 353
it is understood that vessels are being purchased, ware. Cattery,
the necessary capital being forthcoming. It is Lazjp'.varc.
not unlikely that new companies will appear in the Earthenware 1,881 1,851
home trade also, and the rapid progress of various
Engineering Works up the S hat-el-A rub will J ate Tlssac* 430 430
(Sacking)
probably moan an increase of shipping in the near
future. Haberdashery 9% 012 • 612
Frzi$\it.—ExjV'rt freights for general cargo Miscel’aic-or* (i»* * 8.SS9 37,314 15,403
to the United Kingdom and India remained do :'.:•£ Milia­
stationary. throughout the year at i. 1-5-6 per scale ry *s*rc«)
ten and Rs. 10 (i-’J/.-+•/.' per ton; respectively. ?
Grain to the United Kingdom continued also
throughout the pcric-d at £1-S-M, though no
export uvi place after June 1012. The freight Total 200.311 ; 109,819 i
:
on opium to London remained unchanged at i 310,130
£1-5-0 pxr chest. Shells (transhipped from .
Bahrain] at 30 shillings. The weights of this imported cargo are given
Comparison of rates to the United Kingdom in the following table, according to the Customs
(General cargo) r.gnres annexed to the report in greater detail in
£ r. d. £ m. i. Table 2 (A): and the relative proportions of
l£-:7-05 . .10 0 0 15 0 imports, which were (i) forwarded hv caravan
1 £05-09 . . 0 15 0 0 17 « to Shiraz; (ii) transhipped to the smaller coart
ll<*:-20 . . 0 17 6 10 0 7>-n= for consumption in the districts of the
19IM1 . .10 0 15 0 lir'.oral; (iii) sent inland by the Shief route;
1911- 12 . . 12 6 1 7 0 iv) consumed in Bu-l.ire and teighbourbwl or
1912- 13 . .15 6 15 4 m sto. t at the end of the year; arc contrast'd
i with the total weight. The rorwardines t’>
There is thus a distinct tendency for rates to Shiraz are th’-se of all principal merchants, and
n-ni_in high. c rnjile-i from information su:;licd by them,