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Coll 28/41 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Kerman 1924–’ [‎129v] (258/313)

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The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1925-20 Apr 1943. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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TABLE II — coiicld.
Value in Krans 1,000.
Rbmarks.
Articles Imported.
Country of Origin.
1926-27.
1925-26.
1924-25.
Sowing Machines . .... \
United Kingdom .
* 46
••
•••
* 32 direct.^^
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Germany
8
• •
* *
Coffee (beans) ....
India ....
80
••
••
Sweets .....
Do. _
27
Total
10,305
13,863
15,362
Notes.
It is at present impossible to get really satisfactory
figures for the Import Trade. About 60 per cent,
of the trade is in the hands of Hindus and as they
are British subjects and have to keep proper accounts
to submit to their head offices in India fairly satis
factory An East India Company trading post. information can be obtained from them.
For the trade which is in the hands of Persians it is
difficult to get any figures at all and quite impossible
to get satisfactory figures.
The following items in Table II call for remakrs :—
(a) Piece-goods .—The figure this year has
decreased from 10,400 to 3,698. This striking
decrease of about 60 per cent, in the chief article
of Import requires some explanation. I believe
that the information supplied to this Consulate last
year regarding prices was exaggerated as regards
piece-goods from the United Kingdom. There
has, however, undoubtedly been a big drop in the
imports this year which is partly due to the fact that
very large stocks remained on hand at the end of
last year and partly to the fact that the British
trade was at a standstill for a large part of the year
owing to the coal strike. Moreover there has been
a marked decrease in consumption owing to the
diminishing prosperity of Kerman to which refer
ence is made below.
Last year woollen goods, with the exception of
those imported direct from the United Kingdom were
included in the piece-goods figures. *
(b) Sugar .—Last year’s figure was low as traders
ceased to import sugar during the last few months
of the year hoping that the newly imposed Sugar
Tax would be cancelled. The price of sugar has
gone up by about 15 per cent.
(c) Tea .—There is again a marked increase in
the quantity of tea imported. The Tea and Sugar
Taxes do not appear to have affected consumption
though they disturbed the import trade for some
months.
(d) Oil and Petrol .—These figures include supplies
for outstations which amount to about 25 per cent,
and 6 per cent, respectively of the totals given.
(e) General .—Apart from the enormous decrease
in Piece-goods (6,700,000 Krans less than last year),
there has been a general increase in the sales of
almost all articles. As prices, except in the case of
sugar, have decreased by about 20 per cent, the
increase in the volume of trade is actually greater
than that indicated by the mere increase in the value
of imported articles. At the same time prospects
are not bright and Kerman cannot be considered a
prosperous commercial centre. The money brought
here during the War by the South Persia Rifles
and in the carpet boom of 1924 has now, for the
most part, been spent; exports are diminishing every
year and unless new life is put into the carpet industry
of which there are no signs at present, the import
trade will remain dull if it does not progressively
decline. The trade with the United Kingdom and
with India is dealt with in section 5(a) and (6) below.

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Printed trade reports for the Kerman Consular District in Persia [Iran], submitted by a succession of British Consuls for Kerman (Henry Duncan Graves Law; John Hunter Davies; Edward William Charles Noel; Cecil Henning Lincoln; George Arthur Falconer).

The contents of the reports vary from one year to another, but usually feature summaries of: the district’s financial situation; foreign trade; taxation; military affairs (commandeering of equipment, conscription); agriculture; industry (including textiles and carpet manufacture); communications and transport; state undertakings and control of trade; public utilities; social conditions (standard of living, unemployment, public health); information for travellers. Most reports include appendices with statistical data on trade, including: imports and exports at the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; imports and exports of key commodities into and out of Kerman; prices of foodstuffs; imports of Russian and Japanese goods.

Each report is preceded by India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. minute papers containing handwritten comments on the enclosed report. Many of the reports have pencil annotations.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (154 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 156; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-156; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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