'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890' [‎585r] (1190/1486)

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roods by this route in future > totes that the Amir of Afghanis-
an levies 80 Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. (51 13s.«.) on every camcl- oad of
rontls r>'issin CT through his territory (via Kabul) to Bokhara, ihe
Imir Bokhara als"„ levies 21 per cent. He further states that
V pound of tea, costing 12 anmL m India, will c 03 t^ )( ^t 1G an
ivhen it reaches Meshed, 18 arlnas when it reaches Bokhara by
his route and 21 annas by the Kabul route. He says two-tmrds
of the o-reen tea imported into Bokhara is Chinese, and one-third
Indian? If this is so, a great qiantity of Indian tea must travel
there by Kabul, the most expensive route, and the Indian mer
chants must be unaware that ti e Persian route is ‘h® « heft P « 8, 9
India supplies all the indigo used in these parts, and 18 000 tun a s
(5 143/ ) worth passes on to Russian territory by Persia lie
total value of British goods, 01 lifting Chinese tea, imported into
Khofassan was 295,050 tumans (84,300/.), and o Russian goods
386,420 tumans (1 it),408/.). All articles of '"“^toRu"
are considered infinitely superior, and are much pielerred to ...
sian goods, hut, being of hitter materials, and having to he
brought a longer distance, they cannot be sold so ' :1, cap y. At
the present moment English ahd Russian chintzes are selling at
the same price in the bazaars. The Russians are trying to force
the English article out of the mVirket, by the importation of ar„
quantities of their own chintz. Which they are selhag at avery
small profit. The English chintz, on the other hand, mm
be got rid of, and so it, too, is bling sold at a loss, or at Fe
lt if obvious that with the Trans-Caspian Railway at Ashkab.id,
only 150 miles from Meshed, n.]d with both towns l.nketh as they
shortly will he, by an excellent, macadamised road. Bluish goo Is
having to cross, the seas and tiaverse the long, rough land routes
above”indicated, cannot hope tAcompete will, Rnsstan goods an
must eventually be driven entirely out of the maiket, e\en in
Zsc proviuces y of Persia, uni Jour own railway .seantndedm
this direction. English hroatlclWh is preferred to all other., but
the cheaper' ma'eiial from other parts of Europe brought byV
Tabriz fi ds a readier sale. There is a good demand lor what is
called Russian imitation broadebth, a tl.i-k cotton coloured ma-
. terial with a nap which, howevhr, lias very little weal, and sou
look^e^tremely shabby; 1 ^ In(] . lan and P, other sugars
outof the inarit. It is sold ini,he bazaars at ^out per lb
The wholesale price of -Ig^'t^^'^fe/ty.heRussian
nnv circumstance?, even it the bounties giai.ivu uj
Government to Russians for exporting sugar were wtthdrawmu
would be difficult to undersell them in Khoiassan. ‘ ,
suear beino- made from sugar-lane, is far better, sweeter, and
easier to melt than Russian sugal, and is looked »P on » 8 a
meat by the Khorassams. NoneVcame last year, hut there ts s
a little remaining in the market ft-om former years, llieie is no
reason why sugar should not be mjanufactured here as most excel
lent beets m-e grown, and are largely consumed by the people.
The chief exports of nativd produce from Khorassan are Export*.
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