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Comparative statement of values of chief commodities".

Commodity. TTnit Year
1929 1931 1932
Rs ns Rs

Ballam rice bag 16 Jr 11A 7/8
Karachi rice 13/- 8/- 7 /-
Rangoon rice 13/- 8/- 7/-

Coffee native 120/- 60/-
n Singapuri 150/- 75/- 90/-
3u$ar, Java (2 c.vta) 19/- 14/- 12/-
" Crystal (14 owts) 16/- 12/- 11/-
Loaf " 14/- 10/- 9/-
Theat flour (India) 17/- 9/- 11/-
(Iraq ) 7/-
!7heat (Indian i 15/- imported)
Iraq

Tea Black C/s 65/- 45/- 35/-
Silk Piecegoods
Kif Sabah Pee 25/- 15/- 12/-
Flower Gaz 20 yds n 15/- 10/- 8/-
Artificial silk goods Yfd -/8 /4 -H
Cotton Piece goods Pee 10/- Vr
Jananese sheetings 8/- 4/-
T7hite shirtings CllOO) n 10/- 7/-
" ( 180) " 13/- 8/-
" ( 160) " 8/- 5/-
Cotton twist lb -/8 -/5 -A

Since the duty here is collected ad valorem and
not upon a tariff, it is clear that this shrinkage in
values automatically results in a shrinkage in duty paid.
The quantity of cargo brought to this port during
the cast year has also decreased. Thus in 1350. nine-
■ive steamers (of which eighty two were British)ish) dis­
y-five steamer s (of which eightyt wo were Brit
charged here 4,52,250/packages*; while in 1351, one hun­
dred and four steamers (of which ninetytwo were British)
discharged here 3,38,881 packages, a decrease by one
quarter of the previous year’s quantity.
Thus, the fall in the customs receipts is due to
a decline in imports both in quantity and value.
One interesting point to note is the degree to
which, in the past year, Javanese goods of all kinds
have entered the local^markets. ^ .apart from one or two
local Jewish traders who import in small but steady