'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎260r] (524/706)

RASHT
507
discontinued, and a carriage service, run by a native firm (Messrs. Bagherofi
and Brosi) subsidised by the Russian Road Company, was substituted.
According to latest reports available this road has cost with improvements
£300,000.
From a military point of view this road is of great importance. An
extension from Kazvln to Ramadan, to which the company is bound by its
concession has opened up easy communication between the Caspian and
Kirmanshah.
Tariff from Rasht to Tehran and vice versd.
*
Horse.
Seats.
Weight
of
luggage.
lbs.
£ s. d.
Landau ..
4
4
714
13 4 7-
Victoria ...
4
3
65
12 4 7
Closed carriage
4
2
65
12 12 11
Fourgon ..
4
5
650
11 14 0
A charge of two shillings is made for every 13| pounds of luggage over the
above weights. If heavy luggage is taken, a fourgon is necessary; servants
can travel in the fourgon.
The Caucasus and Mercury Steam Navigation Company, which is sub
sidised by the Russian Government to carry troops and mails in the Caspian
Sea, runs a regular mail service between Enzall and Baku.
Leave Baku Sunday, arrive Enzali Tuesday.
Leave Enzali Tuesday, arrive Baku Thursday.
Leave Baku Tuesday, arrive Enzali Thursday.
Leave Enzali Thursday, arrive Baku Saturday.
The service is only in the summer months when the Volga is not frozen.
From November to April the steamers run only once a week, leaving Baku
on Sunday and Enzali on Tuesday.
A large number of coasting steamers navigate the Caspian between Russian
and Persian ports. For further particulars see articles on Enzali and Gilan.—-
(Curzon, Churchill.)
Trade of Gildn .—The principal imports entering Northern Persia vid
Enzali are sugar, tea, naphtha oil, silkworm eggs, metal and metal ware, bul
lion and cotton tissues.
Salt .—The salt imported is mostly for use in the fisheries. The wants of
the inhabitants are partly supplied from Russia and partly, but not to such
an extent, from Khalkhal and Tarom.
Sugar .—Sugar from Russia is, on arrival at Rasht, forwarded to various
towns in the interior. In 1909, after the landing of Russian troops at Enzali,
the Persians attempted a boycott of Russian goods and the price of suga?
rose considerably. Such a move was, of course, doomed to failure, as North
ern Persia is dependent upon Russia for its imports, and the boycott soon died
a natural death. The price of sugar then fell from 4s. §\d. (12 krdns at 54)
for large loaves and 4s. (12 - 50 krdns) for small onesper 13fbs, (1 man shah
to which it had risen after the boycott of Russian goods, to 3s. Od. and 3s. Ifd,,