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srs «sr» as»vs arms, said to Ijo condemned army rifle*, now go to
Looking cat Tablo 1(C). wc find that oil French
• country in Antwerp and figure in the Belgian returns.. A he
' fellows drop thcrcfoJts in French rifles apd ammunition is
not so large as appears at first eight, but it will be
Percen­
Poaa tries. Import. Export. ToUL tage. noted that, in the year under report, France and
Belgium together imported only as much as Belgium
alone imported in the year lOOC'-IO. The dr* *p in
IU R*. IU the arms trade of both countries combined is 32*17
50,095 2.455 53,550 0-55 per cent.
A rib Co-Ait 87.333 9,13,439 9.90,277 993 Germany holds her own in spite of the blcclcade,
5,27.<v9
5 28
Bcb'icnj . 6,23,774 3^35 9.050 009 as her trade shows only a trilling decrease of
more . 9.050 Its. 18,0.0 in a trade worth about three lakhs of
3,31.007
3,31,107
3 23
100
Gennaoy . 30,93,94 i 22,73,315 59,72,2S5 59 83 rupees.
If& , ! 4.182 4,1 S3 0-04
yabtrUndi Roumania has disnpp<arcd altogether from tl is
Sweden . 91.000 91,000 0 92
1.24.700 1,37,197 2,01 rS 57 203 year's returns, but apart f:om this facr, undoubtedly
P»■«» . \ . 20,902 70,910 91.3-12 0-92 tho greatest sufferer by the a mu b’oekade bas been
Turley in Asm
Ca;tc<l Kingdom 7.50,155 768 7,50,923 7-52 the United Kingdom, whose trade has decreased this
Cd*cd Stitc* • 3.10,790 4,71.858 0,32,•'.78 6 34 year by Ra. 1.57,170 or by 44*13 jer cent.
Is-rlLor . I 1,53,425 1,5?,425 1*59
Other countries. j 13,078 33,720 40,753 0-47
Rice.—The import of rice has teen reduced by one
half. It is tree that tho sailing vessel trade is not
Tens . 69,17,238 40,55,312 09,52,750 j 100-00 included in IT esc figures a: d should Lave been in­
cluded in the past two years’ figures, Tut tee sailing
vessel trade in rice could not exceed one lakh of
Imports.—^Tho total value of imports info ifaskat, rupee-; v.orrh at a liberal estimate, and might almost
including specie, amounted to Rs. 59,17,238, as be neglected when dealing with such large figures.
aeainst Rs. bS.Qof.GZ or a decrease of 23 SS.625 or It seems ihat the impo.tof rice into Masks t l as been
per cent. The following items show a de­ declining for some few years ftr, although the direct
crease :— steamer imports fiom Calcutta are about the >ame,
the weekly shipments by British India steamers from
B.mbay that used to figure in their manifests livae
Percen­
Article*. 19C9-10. 1910-11. Dccrei'e. almost ceased. The reason no d:ubt is that Ma»kat
tage.
has lost not only ihe di&tribaring trace to the Batina,
but also to Gwadur and the ports of British Balu­
chistan which are now served direct by British India
R*. Pa. Bl steamers. It is also possible that there may have
been some decrease because cf bad harvests and high
iras and ammo* 15.57,923 10,21,117 6,35,Sll 3143
Dit'.on. prices in Burma, and practically no Rangoon rice
P»ic« . 20.92,5-15 9.99,812 10.92.733 52-22 came this year to iiaskat.
Giber grain* 3,02,214 1,16,765 1.85,449 61-35
Specie 16.S5.OCO 7,46,751 9,39,249 55*70 Other grains—Show a very large drop, but we
Gbi U3.145 8,022 1,05,1*23 : 92-93 know that there bas been a large inert ase in wheat
Oil* 1,35,891 84.952 61,^39 ’ 37-95
Sncv • • 1.21,750 1.52,205 C9.545 31*35 flour, included in this return, for Kis ilajesty’s ehipa
Synip 2,000 879 L121 I 5S-05 on account of arms blockade. Gwadur and British
7craicc!li 8.COO 4,750 3,250 1 4CK2 Baluchirdan ports import direct now. and need to bo
Cotton good* 9,20,105 7,93.590 1,36.515 1467 supplied by Maskat, but this is not altogether a new
SDb and *Hk 2,29,450 30,565 2,05^53 87 23 fact and there is little doubt that last year's figure*
good*.
T*irt and yarn . 3,16,690 1,74,718 1,41,973 44 S3 were overstated.
Huctlkn 4,21,543 4,07,414 14,129 3-3S
trade. Specie—Also shows a large drop of nine lakhs or
55 per cent. The rcductiou in import of specie from
India is probably due to the dollar remaining at a
low figure aud fairly stable and hence offering no
Aryit and ammunition.—The decrease under this temptation to speculators. It is probable that bar
iadue to the Arms Traffic operations. The •Aver was also included in this return in preriour
cocrcase in the actaal number of weapons imported year*.
“ Pr°oably even more marked than the figures imply,
M of late years the demand has been ali for higher The large drop in import of «perie from Persia is
pnced rifles than were imported in the past, and for probably due entirely to diminished purchase of
* preparation of these return* it has been found arms. Other countries[call for little remark. The
to enhanoe tho average price of a rifle from fall is probably due to the reason assigned for the
much larger fall in Persia.