File 2976/1916 Pt 2 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph & road Bushire-Shiraz road' [‎41r] (77/294)

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under less favourable circumstances. For, by obtaining
control, we can, at any rate, act so as to reduce the
strategic dangers to a minimum and secure the commercial
advantages to the full. It would therefore seem advisable
to try to obtain a general concession for all construction
from the Persian Government as soon as possible,
(b) Important commodities.
It would seem desirable to decide which particular
lines of commodities are most worth pursuing, so that in
the general development of trade, an eye could be kept
to them first and foremost. The following are submitted
as specially worthy of attention;
Imports (to Persia) Exports (from Persia)
Agricultural instruments Carpets
workshop motor & requisites, Gum tragacinth.
plant for water, lighting &c. Mother-of-pearl, oyster, &
Cotton manufactures, mussel shells
Dyeing materials. oil
Iron and Steel, and manufac- Opium
tures thereof Raw cotton
Sugar Raw wool
Woollen manufactures. Wheat and barley
Wood.
Agricultural instruments, plant Etc; There are already -
signs of a possible future market for such things, and if
development of the country materialises, the demand will
be certain.
Cotton manufactures; The United A ingdom already does a
larger trade in this line than in any other. The principal
competitor was formerly Russia.
Dyeing; materials; The measures taken by the Persian govern
ment concerning the entry of fast dyes and the seizure of
fraudulent dyes will contribute largely to an increase
in the trs.de in the authorised synthetic dues. This will
be further augmented by an increase which can be foreseen
in the carpet industry as a whole.
Iron k Steel, and manufactures thereof ; There is an increas
ing demand for this line of goods in the North of Persia.
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