'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890' [‎586r] (1192/1486)

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MKSIIED.
Opium
Cotton
Wheat
Barley
Per 1 1
Currency. 1 Sterling.
Ts. k. s.
2 1 10
0 8 12
0 0 17
0 0 10
*. d.
12 3
4 11
0 5 J
0 3*
Opium, cotton, wheat, barleV, beans, pulse, gram, lentils, Agriculture,
millet, beet, rape, castor, and saffion (in Kain) are cultivated, but
the whole produce is consumed in the province except 180,OuO
tumans (51,429/.) worth of opium^jmd 140^00 lumans (42,857/.)
worth of cotl iWr—Abmir^T^O"mmaits (1,057/.) worth of wheat
is also exported from Kuchan to Trans-Caspia. Potatoes are
grown in the vicinity of Mcshea, and a portion of the produce
goes to Ashkabad. Fruits of all! sorts abound, including grapes,
melons, peaches, plums, apricots, mulberries, pears, apples, and a
small cucumber of excellent quality. Dried fruits to the value of
T^OOOtiimans(4^28()£lareex|)orl ed^to^Russia.
mere are said to be 144 bankers in Meshed with a capital of Bank*.
931,000 tumans, or 266,000/. Of these only two have a capital
of 100,000 tumans (28,571/.) eath; three a capital of 50,000
tumans (14,286/.) each; and twb a capital of 30,t00 tumans
(8 571/.) each; the rest are mere patty money-dealers. () ” eot thc
former is the Meshed agent of \ the New Oriental Bank at
Teheran, which is just handing dver its branches to the New
' ’ ^ new bank decides to open a
Imperial Bank of Persia. If thi
branch at Meshed, it will be loo
many, and will probably do a very
ed upon as a great boon by
arge business, especially if it
issues
auu will —e- -- _ 1 1 i:-
notes. There is plenty of noney lying idle and hidden
away, and for remittances Russia i gold
eagerly bought up. Last year ihe
found its way to Meshed:—
and rouble notes are
foreign money
following
* The Niuaksar hake is claimed in part by Afghanistan, and salt is taken from
it by both Persians and Afghans.
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