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The figures given in the preceding tables congestion of sloclcs at Hush ire and Shiraz. By
demonstrate the importance of the traffic between March 1913 between 5,000 and 4,000 hales had
Bnshire and outlying ports as a means of dislrihu- accumulated in Ihidiire. Iniportors state that
tion of imports Traffic to Shiraz, important they do not remember a' year when th- re was so
though it is, represent# about ore-third only of eon>tant a >t.ign ition of holiness, and so little
tin-total imports* of Bushirc during March 191-- move:;.cut in sales at Shiraz. The small dealers,
13. Thi- i# in term* of weights ; it is probable |xallar# and the tribesmen in general have not
that in w.lue it was more than ou*-tliinl. bought freely; and t!ic political reasons which l°d
General business opinion is that this coastal the gr-'at nomad tribes to avoid the Shiraz plain
trallic increased remarkably in 1’,‘12-13, and will in the autumn of 191-2 and spring’of 1913, and
continue to develop. The coi>umption of the the shortage and high prices of corn were additional
merchandise is not confined to tli'* small ports factors militating against imposters. Prohibitive
named or to their immediate suro unding district# : rates of hire from Shiraz t*» Isfahan, which pre
the nomad tribes during their stay in the south va*lo»l till the winter of 191:1-13, and almost
from Scjtember to March now make a practice of total ahiciuv of transport ani:n*il* on that road till
sending special caravan# (o tlio n a rest coa**t port, the gendarmerie had compl-t-'d their chain of
and provide fhcmsclvs with *ug:ir and other palm!#, after tlic end of March 1913, resulted
commodities less and Irss from the bazaars of in very few hales reaching Isfahan from Shiraz
Shiraz. It is to he observed lint tea does not during the whole year. All importers have
enter into the last table given above, the assumption stiff • r. d from inaoility to dispose of their stocks,
being that thc-c coa-t ports are adequately and the po<»r prices obtained, in some cases rc-
j rovided with smuggled tea. Bandar Dilam, [i irted to he below eost price.
-bowing the largest weight of Imports from Prspe.ls for the year J913-14 are a continu-
Jhishireis the port for llehh ban, aad the Kuligclu j alien of the state of affairs described above during
district I the lirsl ti m iitlis, hut it is anticipated that eon-
On>ji\ of crj-ort.—The total weight of all ' :-idtT.«Me all •viation will r< suit from the smalln -sa
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exports f.otn Bushirc during the ye.ir und.r of the >h:p:ucnts of cottons to Bushire which front
report was 13,7 It tons, divided approximately as i the c*:.d of March 11 13 have diminished to lers
follows:— J than half the quantity now recorded. It will
; take ail 19i<J-l4 to w«»rk off the excess stocks of
yy. M2. 15*1*2-13. i IP]2-13, hut there is a distinct tendency to book
T c*. . Tea*. orders again in nnii.-ipatiou of letter times aud
Fro’n — au improve nent of the general security after
The C- asl p’nin . i±'>i $.732 March l9ik
Dislrut# between Bu-bire and
Shiraz . L-i.'G 2,102 The jolilival situation in F.irs is still indefinite,
.SIlira; and north of Slirnz 2.'Si 2.if»4 hut if the reads to Isfahan and Yazd can be kept
open, a plentiful supply of transport be forth­
Produce from Shiraz, or beyond, showed in fact coming, the sub-piovince of Laristan brought
a slight decrease. Iu detail the ::gures wore :— under direct Gov riiment control, and the Arab
tribe* "f eastern Fa:s kept in check, there may be
is::-i2. 1912-13.
a very considerable improvement in sales during
Tea*. Tvn*. 1914.
Gum Tngncanth 75*7 •;o9
A hi.on*!* . . 656 533 It is however to he doubted whether, in the
R:n>jr.« . . . m 133 presence of su.-h favourable conditions, so large an
A<af»c*:da 3) 25 import as 3,1*00 t-ms or owr, £500,01)0 worth of
cotton* is not more than can be absorbed each
Oth*?r Drug* 265 272 year by the area of consumption supplied by
Sjiicoi 25 31 Bushire.
R.w Cotton 185 84
Caq*e:> 202 200 The returns of the Central Administration of
Oji'nrn. . 106 130 • Cu-T-in* give the following figures of the total
imp* rt of cottons to Persia during 1912-13, and
Raw Si.ins 2 16 3fil l previous years : —
Tohacio ‘Taniha’ ut 537 210 !
Vt"st-blo mhrt; nce* , 9 1
1V |*0 BT TO ALL PhB8IA
2.SS5 i«;83 AQ
Y*a*. From From or couutriaa.
Fnili'd , r»d From
Cotton .!/«*nif:cfured Gold*. —Though the im- King­ I IlidU. Russia.
dom.
j-ort of Cottmi goods during 19:2-13 tombed the
maximum recorded at Bushire during the pas?,
decade, the year proved to he on** of the worst for j Ton«. Ton^ Tom. Tom.
importers from al! joints of view. In the first '
place the market was heavily over:!* * d«*d. opciiallv . 19QS-C9 9,731 1,151 8,579 14,679
in printed good**, by constant arrivals of consign- : 1909-10 7.SC0 1,701 4,597 15,132
meiits ordered months (adore; and secondly, the •
insecurity on the Fare mads, wlii«-Ii cont'cijcd to ' 1910-11 9,531 1,3 *.3 6,220 16,646
prevail f*>r • li*» greater part of the periol under !
review, di*l not allow «onsignm* :.ts to h»*di>lri- i 1911-12 8,932 1,779 6,9 J3 17,339
hiitid fr«.m Shiraz Go rapidly or in tin* quantities i
1912-13 7,989 1.0*7 8.319 19,187
previously unticipal* d, and thus increased the j