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File 234/1917 'Muscat trade reports. (1911-1924)' [‎69v] (147/428)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (210 folios). It was created in 13 Apr 1912-25 Mar 1925. 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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Overlings for neic trade. —None exists at present.
Rates of transport. —Transport along the coast is done by sailing vessels
and is cheap. Transport inland is done by pack animals and is difficult, danger
ous and expensive. The rates of transport depend upon the distance the goods
have to be convened and the difficulty of the journey.
Freight and shipping. —The figures relating to these matters are given in
the usual form. They have been obtained from the Consular records and from
information supplied through the courtesy of Messrs. W. J. To well & Co.
Steamers. —The port was with the exception of 1 steamer visited only by
British ships. The British India Steam Navigation Company mail steamer did
not visit the port regularly owing to the dislocation in the steamship services
due to the war.
45 steam vessels entered the port during the year underreport representing
a total tonnage of 63,628. 42 vessels cleared the port representing a tonnage
of 57,857.
196 sailing vessels representing a tonnage of 21,572 entered the poit; 185
•ailing vessels representing a tonnage of 20,i49 cleared the port.
The statement below gives
the rates of freight:—
Per ton.
Rs.
Dry dates to India
25
Wet dates to India
• • • •••
18
Dry fish to India
• •• •«•
35
Fresh fruits to India
•••
50
Dried limes to Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
t • • • • •
55
General. —The return of imports and exports are based on the figures
compiled from the actual steamer manifests access to which has readily been
given by the courtesy of Messrs. W. J. Towell and Company, local agents for
most of the shipping companies’ vessels calling at Muscat. No figures are
available from the Customs. Figures for sailing craft entering Muscat and
Muttra are compiled from the Consular records.
No records are available for the large trade of Sur which possesses some 80
trading dhows voyaging to Basra, India and the coast of Africa, nor for the not
inconsiderable trade of the small Batineh coast ports. Competent authority
estimates the total trade of these ports as at least half the trade of Muscat and
Muttra. During the year under report it would be not far wrong to assume a
total trade of Its. 40,00,000 for these ports. This w’ould bring up the total
trade of the Sultanate to approximately Rs. 1,20,00,000 for the year.

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The volume contains copies of the annual trade report on the trade and commerce of Muscat [Muscat and Oman] for the years 1911-12 to 1923-24 inclusive (except 1917-18 and 1920-21). The reports were prepared by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and HBM's Consul, Muscat, and forwarded to the Government of India.

Each report includes an introduction giving general information concerning the state, and summaries of imports and exports; statistical tables of imports and exports, subdivided into principal commodities, and countries imported from/exported to; and returns of shipping. Principal imports include arms and ammunition, cereals, paints and colours, precious stones and metals, provisions, textile fabrics, tobacco, and miscellaneous; principal exports include cereals, fish, fruits, paints and colours, provisions, cotton goods, tobacco, and miscellaneous. The reports show some manuscript annotations, and the volume also contains some minutes and correspondence.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (210 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 234 (Muscat Trade Reports) consists of one volume only.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 207; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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