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Reports and Correspondence Relating to Persia, Including Trade and Trade Routes in Persia [‎8r] (15/252)

The record is made up of 1 file (124 folios). It was created in 22 Nov 1900-20 Apr 1905. 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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STATISTICS OF PERSIAN TRADE.
11
II.—Trade Statistics.
From a _ statistical statement under preparation, kindly lent me by the
Administration of Persian Customs, I estimate the trade of Persia (exclusive
of the Karun) with foreign countries for the year 21st March 1902 to 20th
March 1903, exclusive of Caspian Sea fish exports and bullion imports, at—
Imports 4,9*15,982
Exports . 2,889,565
Details are furnished in Annex A. Tables 1 and 2, pp. 70*74.
The administration of the Customs of Muhammerah and Karun ports was
only taken over from the Sheikh of Muhammerah in the autumn of 1902, and
official Persian statistics for those ports are not available.
Consular Statistics (Foreign Office r ‘Annual Series” No. 3036—Trade
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) for Muhammerah and Karun ports for the year ending
31st December 1902, give—
Imports 123,458
Exports 147,283
These figures are not for the same period as the Persian statistics, but
admitting them as roughly representative of Karun trade, we have, for all
Persia—
£
Total Imports . • . . . 5> 0 39,°oo
,, Exports ..... 3,036,000
8 > 0 75 > 000
Statistics for the previous year, on the same basis, give —
£
Total Imports 5,297,000
„ Exports 2,849,000
8,146,000
The values given in the Persian statistics are those accepted by the
Customs for payment of ad valorem duties, and therefore may be considered as
fairly accurate but representing less (certainly not more) than the real value
of the merchandise.
The weights given in the same statistics are for the most part gross
weights.
The general rule observed in classifying articles seems to have been to
ascribe merchandise to the different countries according to declarations of
origin or destination, aided by marks, names, and indications on the packages.
Contraband no doubt exists, and will continue to be practised across a
frontier so wide as that of Persia. Under the Belgian administration it is at
least real, not open, smuggling, and out of reach of calculation.
Some important articles of Persian commerce, such as bar silver, fish,
and precious stones, are not included in the Customs Statistics, presumably
because they are not subject to duty.
Imports of bar silver for the Persian mint amounted to some 650,000/.
(krans 36,216,098 silver were struck at the Teheran mint during the year
March 1902-3).
The important fisheries on the Caspian, leased to a Russian subject, must
furnish an export of fish and caviare to Russia of at least 80,000/. to 100,000/.
annually.
The turquoise mines of Nishapur yield valuable stones most of which are
exported, but information is not obtainable as to the annual output.

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The file contains reports and correspondence relating to Persia [Iran], including reports on trade and trade routes in Persia.

It includes:

  • A copy of the ‘Report Received from Mr H.W. Maclean, the Special Commissioner Appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade, on the Conditions and Prospects of British Trade in Persia.’
  • A copy of a letter from Arthur Henry Hardinge, HM Minister at Tehran, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Marquess of Lansdowne (Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice), enclosing an annual report prepared by Evelyn Grant Duff, Secretary of Legation, Tehran, on events in Persia during the year 1904
  • Copies of the reports ‘Reconnaissance from Kondi on the Seistan Trade Route via Mashkhel-Hamun and Panjgur…’ and ‘Reconnaissance and Estimate for a Railway from Nushki to the Helmand and thence to the Persian frontier at Bund-i-Seistan’
  • Copies of printed despatches from the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan to the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, forwarding copies of the weekly Diary of the Political Assistant, Chagai (for the weeks ending 16 February, 8 March, 24 March, 31 March, and 24 October 1901, and 31 March and 8 April 1902), and a copy of the report ‘Trade Returns of the Quetta-Seistan Trade Route, for the year 1900-1901.’ by Captain Frank Cooke Webb-Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai
  • Printed copies of the Diary of Captain Robert Arthur Edward Benn, HM Vice-Consul for Seistan and Kain (for the period ending 31 March, 11 April, 30 April, 15 May, 17 June, and 15 September 1901).
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1 file (124 folios)
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The papers are arranged in no apparent order within the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 126; 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.

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