'General information on Persia for any future edition, 1895' [‎27r] (51/211)

OPR TRADE WITH THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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British ; and that of steam vessels was 132,390 Aw in 127
vessels, of which 126 vessels of 131,590 tons were British. Of
clearances the totals are 220 sailing vessels of 13,280 tons, and
127 steamers of 121,876 tons ; the proportion of British being,
of course, the same as in the case of the entries.
The exports from Linggah, which is merely a depot for receiv
ing and despatching goods to the neighbouring islands (Ormuz,
Kishma, and others) and a portion of the mainland, were (above
£10,000) cotton goods £82,937 ; grain and pulse (considerable
fluctuation) £43,250 ; coffee £10,43; \ pearls £303,125 ; pearl
shells £9,200 ;--the total being £476,237, besides, specie
£t9l,875. I he imports were—cotton goods £01,0^7 • grain
\ nd u PU, ^f 56 ' 100 ’ coffee J pearls £303,750; pearl
shells £8,650 or a total of £572,083. The tobacco trade
here, too, is considerable ; the imports and exports, which
nearly balance each other, having been over £20,000 in the
previous year. In this tobacco trade, principally export, there
have been considerable fluctuations, owing to the late conces
sion of a monopoly in it, and the troubles arising therefrom.
The concession has, however, been cancelled, and the large
export trade has now resumed its normal average. Of the
exports there went to Great Britain £8,300 ; to India and
British Colonies £341, 962 ; to Bahrein and other maritime
of . tl L e Gu .! f £2 3 '. 57 * i to Turkey £34,990 ; to Muscat
£,0,560 , to Zanzibar £612 ; while the imports were, from India
and Colonies (none from Great Britain) £303,438 ; from
Bahrein and the maritime States £264,675 ; from Muscat
£ 31,305 J from Zanzibar £693. Thus the total exports to Great
Britain and her possessions were £350,262 ; and those to all
other parts £275,741. The total imports from British posses-
saons were £303,438 ; and those from all other countries £296 733.
The proportions at Bushire are thus entirely reversed here The
number of sailing craft (native) entered at Linggah is 809 of
40,125 tons, of which 172, of 14,250 tons are British ; and that
of steamers is 82 of 154,600 Aw, of which 80 of 152,000 Aw
are British. The number of steamers cleared is 82 of 162 600
Aw ; and that of sailing small craft 644 of 33,110 Aw.
The principal exports from the port of Bunder Abbas were,
fruits and dates over £80,000; opium £37,300; wool £25,000 ;
drugs and medicines £14,926 ; raw cotton ^14,250 the total
being ^200,628, besides specie, £ 19,259. Of the exports there
went to Great Britain ^1,712 ; to India and Colonies ,£170,938 ;
and to the rest of the world £47,237. The principal imports
were tea £104,787 ; cotton goods £90,650 ; thread and twist
if U • V oa ^ and s °ft su g ar over £25,000 the total of
a being £273,223, besides specie £ 5 ) 436 * The above figures,
however, give no idea of the real trade of this port, which,