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In'linn Mohammedan merchants, who have ' exportaa reported last year, hat they are ajain
and settled in these places for generations. Thus , noted for convenience of reference,
r the greater portion of the trade is with India, Ra.
Ijd there do not appear lobe any special openings Wet dates to United State . 30
for British trade at presen Dry and wct date* to India 8
It will bo seen from the foregoing remarks that Dry fish to India . . 10
the country is poor and its wants .mail. There is MotW-pearl to India . . IX
. uoninir for modem refinements of civilisation, « ' . 13
in the report for 10)0-10, mereW. j - •
desiring to do business in Mnskat would do well to ; 1,mC3 (cvcr7 P^**) • . 1C
consult the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the ; General.—It has been difficult to institute stat:*-
Uoard of Trade (or if in India the Commercial tical comparisons this year for causes already
Intelligence Office of the Comra<rcc Department ) enlarged on above, bat tho general impression is that
tefere going to the trouble of making inquiries at : Mnskat trade is losing gionnd steadily. To tho
llaskat. causes mentioucd in last year ’ s report rausfc also bo
causes raentioued in last year’s report raust also bo
Kales of Transport.—'The rates of transport added the fact that the ports on the littoral of
drrcfld upon the distance the goods a^c to be taken British and Persian Baluchistan are now well
13d tho difficulty of the journey. Transport along j ecr^cl by British India 6tc,imera.
the coast by native craft is comparatively cheap, bat
transport in the interior, being all on pack animals, S. G. KNOX, Major,
is very es pensive. ltis Britannic Majesty*s
Freight and Shipping.—Tho return atfaclied to Consul at Alaskat.
this report has teen compiled from the register of Maokat,
ships kept by this Consulate. Only such British
filing vessels as deposited their articles or register I Tit 20th August 1011.
siv shown therein. Possibly there may have hicn a .
few more ve?6els who called here for water, etc., and ' TABLE NO. i-A.
did not deposit their articles. Figures for sailing Total Imports during the years 190S-09 to
tcascIs of other nationalities are not available as the ,
Ccslorna authorities have failed to furnish this office i 1910-11.
with the usnal shipping return th:s year. From
enquiries made it appears that the Customs Depart­ 1 \
ment at Mnskat no linger maintain a registry of | Countries. 190 S-09. 1909-10. 1910-11.
shipping. A comparison is possible for the figures |
of steam ships only. The present return shows a
alight increase over that for 1909-10. 262 vessels Us. Bs. R*.
for the year representing a registered tonnage of
3,55,325 tons ent< red and cleared from the p rt of j Aden . 28,000 30,500 56,095
liaskat as compared with 259 vessels of 321,536 : Arab Coast 82.S33
tons burden in the previous year, thus showing an j
increase of 3 vessels with a tounage of 33,7S9 tons. Belgium 17,20,415 5,23,700 5,23,774
The following table shows the percentage of the France . 3,34,437 2A7.6S5 9.056
Dumber and tonnage of steam vessels of each nation
Ibat entered and cleared the port daring the year Germany 1,79,625 3,78.300 3,31,067
wider review
India . 62,17,556 54,79355 36,93441
No. Tonnage
Kethcrlanda 4,000 4,200 4,181
percentage- percentage.
Brit iib . 94*27 90*92 Persia . 7,50,767 446,595 L24J00
Herman . 4 58 7*71
Buuiaa . 1*15 137 Roum&nia 1,53.650 1,20,000
Sweden ■ • 91,666
of Btcamers mentioned in the report for
308-09 maintained their service from Europe during Turkey in Asia 1,05,882 1.47,660 20.902
e year, ci*., three British, one German and one United Kingdom . 12,55.710 349,153
Dssian. The British India Company, who have 7,50455
I d’ con*rac^ ^or t^e carriage of mails from and United States of America. 3,43^43 3.56,993 2,10430
Inata, provide two up and two down steamer*
Other Countries 1,64,730 1,16,222 13,078
has been no change in the rate of freight- Total Bonn . [1.02.57,315 83,05.863 59,17438
P^ton for the undermentioned chief articles of