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be willing to send me, but I must renup^f tViof fi-. i
numerous, and be specimens of qualify nth r th 1G S ? mp es sent at ^ rs t be not too
of roll must hav^label ffrmlyTtachedm'the formUS t'kh^i’s iettr^ 111
. As detaiIs required, and information in Persian mnv not Kp p -i
given in England and at the same time, it not beim* easy for Pp 7 1 b ? as1 ^
to place their orders direct with English manufacturers • I wnnM ” mtT u chants
samples be not sent to me at Meshed, via Quetta direct but ^ the
Bombay or Karachi (the latter port being nearer lo Quetta f JT ^[ S
agents should be called upon to fill in the'detads asked for on the sTmple 1 M?
obtaining in some instances iheir information from the ori-d, senZ I a ’
other instances irom references in India. senoer, and in
For instance the manufacturer should supply the apent in • u ?
wholesale price of his goods by the gross, roll^/nearesf English wetu o t
Indian maur.d of 80 lbs.; in ihe case of stuffs and sheetings etc tblZ K h r
yards m the roll, the width and even the weight. ThisZt informhinn CT °J
for the calculation of camel transport. 1 ° n is re< l uiri - d
The agent can then fill in the weight and nrico In „ „ ,
sure, calculate the cost of landing goods at Quetta and enter theiZ 07 ^ mea '
the supplier at the rates quoted. ^ ' ter their own name ^
The whole information should be translated by them into Persian intnir -ki
to the Persian trader. ^ ersian intelligible
Provided this were done as I
Quetta can easily be calculated to an? parTof I Zo^lifhZ™ 86 • r ° m
not only to show samples to wh.desa? ^urchLefsZ Pars f
them at once the exact cost at which they could land these goods at their door^
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My plan may be already in vogue, but I have not come across such labelled
samples. My plan may sound elaborate, but 1 hope it is. in the end, the simplest
manner of introducing new goods through the medium of a Consul, who himself is
not and cannot be a commercial agent. sen 15
th* As a development to the extension of our trade in Persia, and as a result to
t e building of a railway from Quetta to the Persian border, 1 hope to see an
annua fair established at Quetta, where the Persian trader could bring his exports
for sale and where he would have a chance of seeing for himself the repZen!
artldesfrom EngS ’ exchan ^2 h - “P°«s with the manufactured
T Z a " y further information regarding the trade between England and Persia
r Z r reier rv°, the cl ’ a P t ? r on trade and commerce in the second volume of
Z d - n Z l" S , b °? k on „, Pers ! a ' and t0 the following remark made by him, page
middle tle 2 ates from Chambers of Commere, commercial travellers or trauied
m.ddlemen seem rarely if ever to mciude Persia within their sphere of activity
and jet 1 know no country where a more watchful and instructed scrutiny Is
requited to keep pace with the capricious movements of local fashion.”
o-.k * l eave i* g the Associated Chamber of Commerce to circulate mv wishes
o/the various' Ch ™ d ' um ° < !. the P ress -. or throu S h their own publications or those
me various chambers of Commerce interested.
cost.
•Note.-. The agents in Karachi might be able to pass the goods through in bond to Persia so reduemg