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The B-lgian Irnml is sold by the cone and The.-:-? figures are of special interest as the
no! by weight; owing to its small size, purchase arrival of the first consignments of Anglo-Persmn
of a complete cone at one time is uot beyond the Oil from Moharnencinh virtually synchronis' d with
pnvcr.s of the poorest classes. the opening of the period under review, and they
Ollier brands -marled were' Iberrfo.crepresent the• orient of the achievement
of the company in Bushire during the fir-tvear
(1) Marseilles, Kaffincric St. Louis—in of its activity. In spite of this new competitor,
large cones, sold by weight, has no actual impoits of American oil rose by almost
retail market in Ilnsbire; (•’.) 100 per cent., but the customs returns would
Hungarian U.Z J., liked for taste, seem to show that only a fraction of the total
but badly packed ; (3) German quantity landed has been cleared from bond before
U.T.O., an inferior quality. the end of the year.
mi ... . i i p i r Kerosene lighting is still practically the only
Tlic rapid .ncreaso in the demand for loaf t,.;ud „:ct with in Persia, and is noted elsewhere.
s„gar is attributed partly_ to the spreading use lbe dcnand for kerosene in the interior tends to
of lea among nomads and other tubes,non and ;ncrc:l=c TOarly. There are private electric light
jortlv to a change in the fashion whu-h now do- iuslal!a.;-„ns at Mohan,moral, and a company is
,Hands the use of quick dissolving loaf sugar for Mw cr;o(i a bllt at Bushire.
purposes, notable- in tea, for which crystal sugar Ret.,il pnvei of Persian kerosene, which sold
was used in the past. The Persian ,s a great ^ ,8, nra|,3 .,or c;,se in April, had fallen to 1 -1
Ua-dnuker and !:ses Ins tea turned into a son of krans‘iB A«gbt. American oil fell in sympathy
5-ruP* ! but ro.-k? again in September tol7kr;«i:s, while
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i Anglo-Persian j rices remained in the neighbour­
Crystal Sugar.—Recent imports have been:— hood vf 13—1 i kraus till March, when the price
Tons. • also rose to 17 krans. No Russian oil was on
IC-iO-lO 2,201 the market through the winter.
1910- 11 2,254
1911- 12 2.246 Wheat, Barley & Flour.—As has been
1912- 13 3.704 remarked elsew!.ere, there was no export of wheat
1013-14 2,925 to Eur.-.-pe during the year, the harvest proving a
Of the imparts for 391-3-11 customs ascribe total failure.
1 ,SG7 tons to Austria, 973 tons to Germany and As early as October 1913 the scarcity prevail­
So tons to India. These figures however cannot ing in Fars was causing anxiety, and a quantity
be exact, as daring the year under review, it of some 250 tons was imported in November and
is known that a quantity of some 1,24S lous of December from India to make up the deficiency-
crystal sugar w*s imported to Busbire direct Barley was also imported in unasual quun”
from England and about half of this was British tities during the same months, while from
refined, the rest probably foreign sugar tran- September onwards India was called upon to
shipped^English ports.
supply an unprecedented amount of flour.
The' retail price of the best crystal sugar Harvest prospects for the coming year axe
remained about 3 krans per man of 7$ lbs. till excellent.
October 1913, when it rose to 3} brans. Arms.—There is a large item of £5,525 from
Kerosene.—The origin of kerosene brought India under this heading. This represents chiefly
to Bushire during the year as compared with a large consignment of rifles imported for a new
figures of 1912-13 was as follows :— force called the Fars army formed during the
year. The Persian gendarmerie under Swedish
officers procures its arms in Germany and the
1912-13. 1213-11.
Cases. Cases. large import of 1912-13 probably sufficed to
supply the force's needs, at any rate in the South,
for there was no further legitimate import from
F rotn Uni ltd States 30,158 59.396 that quarter during the year under report.
Unmanufactured Metals.—The increase
n MobsTmnerah ( Anglo__.
Persian ) 50 54,561 under all heads may be attributed to the general
tendency for imports to find their normal level
h Russia 3,016 4,500 with the rc-establishment of comparative security
on the roads and cheaper transport.
33,223 118,457 Tea.—The history of the import of tea at
Bushire illustrates the harm that^an be done by an