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•v in val doc :o high prices cf all co-r.- Destinatioo of Exports.
?®s itiX sr^Jwnsi ses
*? ' c0.-*r Vft' 7Gi toss .\od tea J,139 cwis 1316-17 1?1>;8 I Incrtue
or
^ Wicic^l7. Piece-goods, <*oC*? ar.d r>e » D«re*>r.
,^eh ncnamliseoaparrfsrith 1*10-1/ .bow
against prc-xar rears .All these :&iu . . 64 <• V>Sl i —23 19
*fre imported, in lieu of specif, which is >r^c-r;;; .r--?rSrt KO 53 19 ' *23 19
p. b:i/i:ed, in o.tler U) meet ti= demand tb*
0f pVarl merchant*.
The variation of 23*T? in the flc-w of trade
EXPORTS. between India scd the neighbouring countries b
T-e •*•£ value of exzorU for the rear under dL“- :° hav.T :‘s11 in and sligbtlv in pearls,
akour.u-i to £737,213 a- agaiuJt £779.?^ tbetwo main ttemsof extort from these Islands to
- :-r l°ie- 7 ih-wine an ir-crease of iST^-i-O :r wbc:i-^ fitted, would mean tuat practj-
'-V ccCt, Export of «t*eci* ha* dropp*! i r caJr ail !3S export of merchandise from this port
/12-o.H :r 9o’5i pe? cent due b: rertrictbzs w«ld « f;r —e neighbouring countries. The
the extort ofsp^ie from Luiia; cou«- extort to ue mainland has greatly improved
c-.-tr stnx.e in Bahrain, w hicb won! i ordi.nariir t^-cplar.r a. rice, what, coffee, spices, sugar,
* letu siitpe-l to Iuiia. was utilised b rorcha^ and coir rope partly cn account
'* -^ris cr b.a_-drd here. Tie decrease in rear's f-: i=pr«r-r2e=t in the import of pearU and partly
•* V:-7i f-r: cent, is p::ba:lv cxa^erated as a w ^‘-!er :*ac:l:*..es for tse prevention of smuggling
lar^cuauritvcf pearls were ihir-t-ri' : v r.arive J:wP^ Tue issue or anmfeos for all cargo
;n:t to Bufiire, figures if which .cu!d not be «??rt*d to Persia, and taking of deposits the
::a:tri. Til extort •;? r-earis w ni: atproxi- :-e Pvrsbn Customs duties have
-dd. —* to* £4/. There is Vis-;, i deterred Persiin boats from exporting merchandise
teriVicj c u tee part of tie pearl kiriants* to dfrect this port to Persian coast ports where
z.z-rry'.zi tear's shit pei hr steamers in order -3 Customs ozeuaIs are established,
t • S47t b freight. a;«i.rt from the h:t that a PROPORTION OF BRITISH AND INDIAN
arge of pearls are .arrird p-rreoually by TRADE.
tijcafi returning to India.
...... .... . . . Excluding specie and r-earls, tie principal
r“'“/-:.=ir?«c: ^ g«*». ,.<•:!« of IsroV: iato Bihiia oth« th»n fid.
zerccaud.se -S rzjitJr cue to nse in va.ua cattle and other Eve-stock, etc., which are only of
interest to mer:bants in the neighbouring coun­
Origin ol Imports. tries) are as fc-iiwt.
Ptaca.vricrs lvroaTxn
vaov
C.uar 1SIS-I7. 1517.15. : cr Artd*. Imported la
i Dccrtste. i9:7-ix
!«£». 01110
Coantr.ea.
’>3
Sc'J &*/Sl —3<9
T^ct-^ois 2 •
-tT-^ cmwiaa 140 15 52 - 5 "52 h x* . . 3^s;0 97 S7 Ml
9S-96
364 557
ot -j* ?«-w 97-61 : 104
«aa G^ll «Vai . 6I^» 2-39
• CcStt . . 94-06 #91
Szjrtr *cft) . 60^*0 9114 . 8-84
T^zrigz cocr- 4 17 17 GU »£*;o 9-18 • 90-83
Tm 35.147 i-957 • 43
Tntcft . 15.012 3716 , 63-84
I
“rP071 ^Torn Ia^ix has fallen by 5'69 per These figures do not show the true position, am
_‘_i vCr*b^e10 rtspIctiou against the export of there is no means of differentiating between
rj* Jj.', ^ dimraltiee in shipment. Indian produce exported from India and goods
* * •*7 %. i? cne-tenth of the entire import from elsewhere transhipped in India.
!'.? Icdu to Jipaa whose pLect-goods,
bl^mpware and toy* have been G. A. MUN GAVIN,
—ycned ti4 Bombay.
FdiiivU lgntM Bahrain.^