Reports and Correspondence Relating to Persia, Including Trade and Trade Routes in Persia [45v] (90/252)
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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86
REPORT ON TRADE OF PERSIA.
as representing the value of Russian cottons imported into Persia in 1898^ The gives
three 3 records from which to draw conclusions as to the progress of Russian trade in
cotton textiles to Persia :—
In 1889, 143,000/. to 183,000/., say 163,000/.
In 1898, say 44^000/.•
In 1901-02, 679,000/., and in 1902-03, 492,000/. Average 585,000/.
The year 1901 was marked by a considerable increase in trade generally, and in the
piece goods trade in particular.
Trade with British Empire.
With regard to British and British Indian trade.it is more difficult to get satisfactory
records. Our trade enters Persia by many routes, and it is almost hopeless to search
for simultaneous returns from all of them. British and British Indian statistics are far
from complete, as much of our trade is carried on through intermediate markets in
Bagdad and Constantinople.
The Annual Reports of the Consulate at Bushire, carefully complied from reliable
sources, such as ship manifests, &c., maybe accepted as fairly accurate for quantities.
The values given are optimistic. These reports show imports of cotton textiles at the
ports of Bushire and Bunder Abbas for the last eight years as follows:—
1895. 1896. 1897. 1998. 1899. 1900. 1901^ 1902-
£ ^ ^ ^ £
594,400 622,600 970,400 616,100
£
848,600
521,300
£
870,300
£
597 , 3 °o
Average 685,000
733 > 8o °
608,500
V
793,000
„ ‘ 709,400 7 00 > 75 °
The average for three years 1895-97 ^ 746,700/., and for three years 1900-02,
736,400/. The imports by these two important routes thus show a slight decrease.
Lingah is a place of great importance as an emporium for the smaller Gulf ports
and fishing fleets, but is not a trade route to the interior of Persia. The total value of
cotton textiles passed through the Custom House at Lingah into Persia for the two
years iqoo-oi to 1902-03 was only 67,560/. The Bushire Consular Reports, which
include transit trade, show for the two years, 1901-02, an excess of imports over exports
of cottons of 62,700/. The imports at Lingah for Persia are, therefore, only some 30,000/.
to 35,000/. per annum.
The foregoing Consular Statistics are for imports of all cotton textiles, but the pro
portion of other than British and British Indian manufactures is very small (in 1901, 5
per cent.).
The Consular Statistics for Mahammerah give the following as the value of the
imports of cotton textiles :—
1805. 1896. 1897- i8 98-
£ £ ^ rf
70,300 78,200 57) 000 106,200 135,200
of which the following went on to Karun river ports
18,500 46,900 15,000 29,800 29,800
But a great part of the Muhammerah imports were for account of Koweit markets, as
evidenced by the fall in imports since the summer of 1901, when the British India
steamers commenced to call regularly at the latter port.
As regards Kermanshah there are no reliable statistics available prior to 1901.
The Persian Customs Statistics for 1901-02 and 1902-03 are
Thread and twist
Bleached and unbleached tissues, plain
Other tissues, printed, dyed, &c.
1900.
1901.
1902.
£
£
£
209,000
118,700
66,100
3 i j 9 00
26,800
44, 7 o °
1901-02.
1902*03.
~
£
13.474
14,300
. 280,818
354.913
. 355,874
361,694
650,166
630,907
An Ispahan Consular Report (“Annual Series,” No. 2260) gives an estimated
average for three years to 1897 of imports through Bagdad: taking the figures for
cotton goods, which are known to be all British and British Indian, the average amounts
to 592 000/. per annum. Inquiries in Bagdad, Kermanshah, and Hamadan have a
tended to show that this route into Persia has long carried an important trade, which
has steadily, but not phenomenally, improved during the last 10 years.
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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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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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