'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890' [‎256r] (531/1486)

approximate
ustom-house
cont. for the
aioh would
4 > 000 , 000 /.
e * I have
°^al annual
5,535,000
^ consider-
the sort of
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
->9<’5.000
1 , 100,000
70.000
60,000
70,000
50,000
5.000
20,000
7,000
2,000
95,000
00,000
55,000
2,000
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5,000
500
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14. Prints and chintzes, 2,000 bales,
at 65 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. per bale, equal to
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
130,000
15. Satins, about ..
2,000
16. Gauzes „ ..
5,000
17. Brocades „
1,000
18. Gold lace „ ..
10,000
19. Imitation lace, about
2 000
20. Cloth „
15,000
21 . Imitation cloth „ ..
50,000
22. Yelveteen •
6,000
23. Carpet covers..
10,000
24. Linen for covers
25.000
25. Linings
5.000
26. Glass ..
60,000
27. China ..
40,000
28. Chandeliers, lamps, &c.,
30,000
29. Glass and amber beads
5 000
30. Samovars, brass trays, &c. ..
30,000
31. Looking-glasses and mirrors
15.000
32. Trays, with pictures on them
10,000
33. Carriages
2 ,o 00
34. Fittings for carriages
1,500
35. Sulphur
45
30. Alum ..
450
37. Mercury
500
38. Wickerwork chairs ..
• ,
1,000
39. Clocks and watches ..
2,000
40. Calicoes, T cloths, &c.
2.000
41. Brass ..
5,000
Total..
1,093,995
£364,665
Equal to
I can only give these figures as I have received them, but they are _/ u /
doubtless not very correct, as the Russian Consul-General, in his official j
report published by the Ministry of Finance, reports that 813,000/. worth
of goods were landed at Gaz and Meshed-i-Ser alone from Russia in 1884.
The exports consist principally of raisins and other dried fruits, Exports of
wax, almonds, pistachios, cotton sent to Russia to value of nearly Persia.
500,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. a year, and cotton sent to England to value of about
one-half that amount, rice, sheep and lambs’ wool, asafoetida, carpets,
silk, opium (of which about 7,000 cases are annually exported at
250 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , equal to 1,750,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. ), tobacco, dates, linseed, herbs
for dyeing purposes, copal, turpentine, horses, boxes of walnut-wood,
and real and sham antiquities.
Having to the best of my ability and with much trouble succeeded
in obtaining the above figures, imperfect as they are, I propose to give
a short report on each of the provinces of the country from statistics
which I obtained during my recent journey to Ispahan, Shiraz, Brujiid, ^
Kermanshah, and Hamsdan.
Among the imports to Ispahan and the southern pait of I ersia, Ispahan
England, and especially Manchester, occupy the first place, and the impoits.
trade is mostly in the hands of English firms, although some Persians
have of late established themselves in England, whilst others obtain
their goods direct from that country through their agents. Iho
greater part is, however, imported by English houses established in
Persia.
Importers have passed through some years of bad trade, owing to
partial failure of crops in 1884 and 1885 and to excess of imports. A
great improvement might take place if more security were offered to
the trade, by strict commercial laws being introduced.
Manchester manufactured goods form the chief part of English Cottons