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) 908-1909, which stood at Rs. 45.53.S26. Tho follow- also current in Maskat and its ,
ing items show a decreaso :— the intorior these coins aru taken at * J *!»***. ,
Tho rate of exchange between doll* '**'l*t'
' Perrent-
Articles. 1908-1909. 1909-1910.' Bccrcaw. variod from R*. 127* to R< J3.11 ‘ ^
!> j #ge- lOAcat boing in March 1910 and
Auiroat 190* The following aro tho^Irt*'** *
IU. IU Rj. ruling in the local market 1.. each month t** ***
three years. (As tho imports fr ^ *0r IS>v
Dates 17,39,450 17,20,630 8,820 I 0-31
Kingdom coosist chi. fly of arms ami L*^W
Specie 18,80,900 14.81.0CO 3.99,500 ! 21-26 and there aro no export0, no regular c «
is quoted for dollars and sovereigns. wi.:^Cl,’*s8* n*
exchanged in Maskat for R*. 15. 11 ar* **^ji
Dates.—The decrense is not doc to any shortage in
the date crop but to tho ex:geucics of trade. Tho Excbixgi
crop was a good one, but »tocks were held op by the Month.
local packers in compliance with tue wishes of their 1907-190S.
American principals iu older that a ourignmoht may
bo sent OT-T early in the uext fca*ou (1910). In fact
the first consignment of 1910 was <*cat to America in IU. IU.
August last as transhipped cargo tia Bombay.
April • 163J 136 j
Specie.—Tho rise and fall iu tbo export and import !2sj
of dollars depends on tho market value of silver in May 163 1324 lii
Bombay. The export fell this year by about i
Rs. 4,00 000 as it was not profitab’e to Shroffs and June 167 13SJ | us,
capitalists to send silver to Bombay, tho rate of July . 168 1-10 i
exchange being so low ;<s Us. 127{ per 100 dollars. si*
The fallowing show an increase:— August . 171 136
September 170 I36J
Pcrceut- 1*4
Articles. 190S-1909. 1909-1910. Increase.
age.
October. 163 1321 135
Rs. Re IU November 154 131 j 14
Fruits 40,690 4-4.3SS 3,198 7S3 December 143 120*
Limes 78,675 90.8S8 12,013 13-22 January 116 13«j| 14-
February 142 130 12*
Hides and skins 5S.676 61,760 3,084 4-99
MiscellaueoDs 71.500 72,900 1,400 1*02 March . 140 1-9J 1-1
. ' Fruits—The keen competition which used to exist * Foads and communications.—The remarks n tie
m previous years in the pomegranate trade ban now ' report 19,,S-I903 apply equally to the cu.^3
entirely ceased and a monopoly is eajored by a i ^ear* *'° woccIed traffic exists in the C05i*7»
British In dim who has taken the contract for several 1 3D€^ns locomotion being by camels and donke/f ?
years in advance for the produce of tbe who*e i an:? COQntr7 craft by >ea. The intake*
region of the Jebel Akhdar (Greta mountain) on ! *n an unsettled condition and travtll^
behalf of a Parsee firm of Bombay. without a large escort is dangerous.
of transport is-
Lime a.—The bulk of the export is to Persa. Fats of transport.—The rates------
These are xndstly dry limrw used in carries. pends upon the distance the goods ore to b* »
Hides and skint Thu „Tnn4 „n . , . a°d *ho difficulty of the jonrney. Transjort aSxf
raw hides partially care 1 br the Ann”6 ^.con,,J8^s j the cost by native craft is comparatively clean,
z: sr-in th# **** ^311 do“
pie hide, are then exp.^ to Mi. for1nri£ expenaro.
Iiocal canng also goes on to a certain extent but it u Customs administration.—The easterns arr
▼cry crude; the lenther obtained is used for making His Highness the Solt.ii through
•Uppers for Bedoair s. 6 Superintendent. Aa import duty not exce«
Currencv and e-trhnnn* — -* •,« per cent, ad vatoren is levied by His High®6*"
country,^reponed in previous year^Ts^the °Lri2 “ H V^ JhtD ^
Theresa dollar and the dei*.sed copper coin minted^ i m ^ f bo export duty of ^
London a few years ago to the order of His Highness '?ld mercha®:8 recovered fr*
th. S1W Sovereign, end Brltieh IndUn cofn. “ '