'Report on the British Indian Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia during 1904-1905. By A H Gleadowe-Newcomen.' [‎43r] (90/176)

MISSION TO SOUTH EASTERN PERSIA FOR 1904-1905.
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Total imports of yarn and twist at Bander Abbas averaged for the five
years ending December 1801, 7,812 cases. In 1902 the import was 9,037,
and in 1903, 6,602 cases.
The Indian imports at Bander Abbas were 3,839 cases, valued at
Rs. 435,815 in 1903, and 5,124 cases, valued at Rs. 891,494 in 1904. The
Bushire imports from India in 1903 and 1904 amounted to £2,782 and £8,416,
respectively.
Imports of yarn and twist at other Gulf Ports were according to the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Administration Report for 1903-1904
Port.
Quantitt.
Average, five preced
ing years.
1902.
1903.
Bushire . , . . ♦
Lingah .....
Arab Coast ....
Karuu (Messrs. Lynch Brothers) ,
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Packages ,794
Cwts. . 822
Do. . 266
Do. . 960*
1,080
1,284
250
1,070
1,036
1,357
180
1,744
N.B .—No other official statistics are available.
Drugs.
The trade in European drugs is growing, imports are mostly made in small
consignments from Europe to druggists in the big towns, though lately Bombay
has been indented upon. Bander Abbas returns show the imports of drugs at
that port as valued at £1,550 in 1903, and £1,091 in 1904; and the imports at
Bushire from India, were £3,386 and £13,011 in the same years, respectively.
Dyes. -
Aniline —The import of aniline dyes, and the export of carpets composed
of materials dyed in that way, are prohibited.
Synthetic indigo is not regarded as an aniline, and certain high class
alizarine dyes are also exempt, since they prove fast when the caustic soda
test is applied.
Indigo .—All comes into Persia from India, and is rather low grade from
Khairpur and Madras. Figures given by the Consular office, Bushire, show
that, in 1903, the imports of indigo and ‘ Kermez ’ from India at that port
were valued at £18,707, and in 1904 at £26,129.
Figures furnished by the same office gave the imports a Bander Abbas
from India as cwt. 514, valued at Rs, 55,822. These rose in 1904 tocwt. 1,266,
valued at Rs. 1,44,856.
Import figures for Karun ports, furnished by Messrs. Lynch Bros., Ahwaz,
and published in the Administration Report for 1903-1904, show the average
for the preceding quinquennial period to have been cwt. 100. In 1902, only
20 cwt. w r ere imported. In 1903, in common with all other Gulf Ports, there
was a recovery, and 60 cwt. came in.
Prices in Bander Abbas, November 1904, were, per Indian maund, of
82 lbs.
Madras
Khairpur
* Average, three years.
Rs.
140
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