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0 per cent, •■'n dates whi’h i3 recovered from IMPORTS.
(lie owners o: llu*; induce. The landing /.rrange-
incnts have remained the s:.me as in tlio last year The total value of imports, for the year,
in the bands of u company of 4 Arab merchants. amounted to 115.01,10,020 sis against Its. 00,53,203
Complaints of pilfering, however, arc still occa­ of the previous year showing a nett falling
sionally heard. off of Its. 3,30,713 or 13 per cent, sis compared
with an increase last year of Its. 9,33,403.
Koads and communications The remarks
made in the ic|>oit for 1 ‘J09-10 .still hoM good. A glance at the import returns will show th at
Ts’o wheeled traffic exists in the c. untry, bcoino- the import trade has not suffered so seriously as
tion being by means of caciels and donkeys by might Lave been expected considering the dis­
land and country craft by sea. The interior is turbed condition of interior which prevailed
usually in aci unsettled condition and travelling throughout'the year. The actual import trade—if
without a large escort is dangerous. O ring to we eliminate the items under “ Arms and Ammuni­
an internal rebellion against 11:s Ilighccss the tion "—shows an increase over Last year's figures.
Sultan during the past ycir travelling in the Last year's imports included an item of over -7
interior was impracticable. hcsuacer “Arms and Ammunition/' This year's
imports, under the same head, amount to only 2
lacs. Deducting these totals from the total imports
TOTAL TRADE. of thrir repcctive years, we find that whereas in
The total value of trade for the rear under Mli-lOthe balance works out to 13 lacs odd,
review, according to the statisticj supplied, ' f°r.tbi ft™ “n,le.r reP®^ the balance come, to
amounted to Rs. l,«l.>9,5Ct as against .! f *»«' thus sbowiojp an improvement or over 7
Rs. 1,1+,73.110 of the prevdooi year. Sbwing a Ws ?*' ^T?r ' HnPort*- Ttli rcsslt “V *-*
nett decrease of Rs. l'a.nS.iSi or over Hl_ per ;i considered satisfactory.
cent, as agaii»t the increase of lis. 10,99,tj-v of the ;j Against the decrease of Rs. 25,57,963 under
previous year. These figures include the figures “Arm and Arninunith.-n1* there is a ccrrespor.d-
of trade carri-.J Iv sailing craft amour-ting to ing h.crcise of over 23 lacs, *0 lavs, of which
Ks. 6,07,49as against Rs. 4,02,9 sho eing an are tecoanted for by the following items, the
increase in t;ide Ly sailing crait of Rs. 1,44,535 / balar. *e- of 5 lacs being distributed over other
or 24 per cent. ! minor bea Is:—
Rs.
SHARE OF TRADE. !! DL\e II,05,4113
34,126
Th<* fol! . wing table shows the percentage of ! Eir iLvcr . 2;«,wj
the total Uw !e taken by each country. I: will be jj Sx-cr.t . 30,0:7
seen that ns usual India has taken the largest jj Ci£w . S$,G53
share aud Lis handled over \ rds of che total ||
trade. The-a conics in order the Ara.ri Coast, EcV3*:u? Oil 9^,543
United States of America and the United 0«ain’< Storks l,0»5,So5
Kingdom : — Spice* . 64,214
TxLst and Vxra 1,19.554
ArL'diS not ipfciSed 24.001
Cuootriet- port. Export. TotaL Pirc*2-
tap..
Total 20,2f*,337
A-Wb .... ,ass
Ar»b Ca+ct . VS
Itvlflsra . 2,3Z,34I 1.2V.8W 3H Tae increased imports, noted above, may be
JiUijti W.W) 0-53
Kro« .... Wi 0 14 briefly explained as under :—
(•eriruaj ... 0 2J
In*ti» .... 21,71.859 C*7l
PmU ... “1 2,59.21$ sa&! 3 37 Rice:—There is a considerable increase under
0-15
Pon S*id . ... 188 0-1$ this commodity. The valno of the year's imports
Swrdrn.
Toilet io AiU tsSt 62.627 68.207 0 23 is more than that of the imports of last year
6.»W)
1 0'te«i Eiurd-re . 4,u 4.062 007 showing the enormous increase of Rs. 11,05,41)3
3'-<3
CeliM State* o! Africa
Zmtltar . 05.000 SSP5 4 74 or 55 per cent. The reason for this large increase
1 M
Oi#.r coaalrlca . “6,1 U •SSSS 0 31
is that rice was cheaper in India and Muscat
merchants seized the opportunity to buy large
Total 61,16,520 40,71,014 1,01.89.564 100 00
quantifies. Owing to the disturbed state of