Page 477 - 5 Persian Trade rep BUSHIRE I_Neat

Comparison with Traffic on other routes A very rough estimate of the tonnage tlm»
•Imports). curiod can bo oM.rit.od by calculating the average
1- ad uf a mule (from thopcrls) as 3*20 !bs., donkey
It is of interest (o compare the above •2'jQ lbs. and camel lbO lbs.
r. umbers of transport animals carrying loads fiom
[lushire to Shiraz (and Kazarun) with those Mule-hire liusIiirc-SIiiraz.
working oa the other principal routes of South
and Central Persia. In the case of the Ah was The Forwarding Department of the local
re-ad, the figures for trafnc reaching Isfahan, Government and the Committee of Bushire Trad-
whioli mar be considered reliable, as they re- jr g Merchants continued to regulate rates of hire
j .’c^ont the number of laden animals crossing the throughout the period under review, with satis-
G\:dar bridge upwards, unfortunately do not factory results in effecting reductions in the hire
cover the months of December to March j j thus preventing any undue inflation of prices
•20th, for last two of which the Ahwaz road \,v niulelecrs. A principal item of their endea-
wus greatly disturbed, and Ahwaz i:*)clf yours was to stimulate the d< nkeymen to work on
more or less evacuated by the triuing the main caravan roads by offering a constai.t
community, owing to the fighting between, the cUpply 0f goods and fixing a liberal hire for
British and Turkish forces in the vicinity. It donkeys in order by this means to adjust the
rr. iy he assumed that there was little traffic deficiency of mules, which as will be seen from
between Abwaz (and Isfahan in that period. (he above table, has become acute on all Southern
and Central Persian roads during the past few
Traffic during March 1914-15. years. Iu this, it will be observed, they achieved
a measure of success impossible under the old
haphazard method of foiwarding; and dopile
Cixtli. M nr.Miit*.
e-unplaiuts on other grounds by some forwarders
::n Bosh!;; :o Shirax ... 21.1-3 30,40 «.-£ piece-goods, more than justified the system of
i-tparture-).
v.itrol, as a whole. Never previously had so
rrv.i Abnazl; lifjhaa W&t 10.H* many donkoymen regularly plied for traffic on
*7 -.to S’lirai d'.r.ctio 0 to 7,033 3.:t: l.SCc «A rro- 1 the caravan route to Shiraz.
jl.au (arr> Lsj. ;-r:;on :• .-at pro-
• ltd ;Uces The following were the rates of raule-hire from
I* fittrl.
Busbire to Shiraz for It 0 mans t?3G lbs.) of
riami-tsr to Isfahan 21,528 2.CS2 1,231
vriral-.). piece-goods. (Rates for sugar and other articles
F—ai Eavltr A'b a. to 7,315 n 1 8^*;0 ' Rather 'it per are obout 20 krans higher, and donkey hire was
."nan (Oi';*txrca). ’ r-niter* left cheaper.)
. Baa Car AMaa
• f3r La.% 5:rjan.
> etc. 'i.Cif.t local 1912-13. 1013-14. 1311-15.
J t;aTc;S-i: ome
I SKIS.'SUE Krans. Krans. Krans.
Frva Iltritr Abbas to 3,733 l.KO J «e. Xnrh 3i0 290 240
Tazd (depmerza).
April . 250 320—2>0 210
240
230
fS.: 310 2l0
Ttr.ta Taid Jo Iafahaa 3,206 19 319 310 250
(irririls). July . . 3 SO—460 250 240
August . 420 -480-500 150 200
September* . 250 150 all
•Th ic«e compare «.th the fcBs-s-jog for March I3U-14 of mer­
jrriial*
chan­
Camels 2,0S1; mules 2,G25; donkeys 1,G40 dise.
and thus represent a considerable increase. O-iobor 440—420 250 170
Ko> ember . 3J.»—120 270 170
Traffic by mules, it will be noticed, predomi­ I’ocomber . 300 270 170
nates on tiie Busbire-Shiraz, and Abwaz-IsEhhan January 3 >0 270 180
February .
3 O
routes : by camels on the Mamadan-Isfihan and Alxrcb 290 270 1*0
240
180
Shiraz-Isfaban routes: and donkeys supplv a
flo'mfho °Lt ^SCh"e.|uirCeAr^! Distribution of Imports by Bushire.
I-ffaban and Bandar Abbas-Kirman, Yazd, c’c. In the previous report (No. 5430) a table wu
Ira (lie bv the Bush ire-Shiraz route was far given showing the approximate tonnage of \m-tU,
heavier than on anv other; this road was there- ported <£oods. («/) Forwarded toSbinz and£</£/7-;^
fore in 191-4—15 still the most important of any Kazarun bv the main caravan route, (6) Tran-xJ?*
for commerce from the Persian Gulf. shipped to various Persian coastal ports, (c) Sent ~ '
149 f. * P. D.
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