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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia: About 1889-1890' [722r] (1464/1486)
The record is made up of 1 file (742 folios). It was created in 1889-1894. 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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No. 468.
Financial Commissioner’s Office, Punjab.
Dated Lauobe, the 30th June 1890.
From
D. C. JOHNSTONE, Esquire,
Junim' Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab,
To
H. C. FANSHAWE, Esquire,
Offg. Chief Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Sir,
I am directed to submit the usual annual statements of the External Land
Trade of the Punjab for the year 1889-90.
In accordance with the wishes of Government, the remarks which I am to
offer on the statistics will be brief.
2. Special attention has been directed this year to the matter of routes
across the frontier and the levy of customs dues along them. The information
supplied is too various and voluminous to be conveniently included in the body
of a report so brief as this, and it has, under the orders of the Financial Com
missioner, been relegated to an Appendix (A).
3. 1 he supervision of the work of trade registration has been provided
for in nearly every frontier district by the nomination of an Assistant Com
missioner or Extra Assistant Commissioner for the duty. In many instances
during the year mistakes were found in statements submitted by Deputy Com
missioners ; and in a few cases in which the carelessness displayed was great,
the Deputy Commissioners were asked to consider the propriety of punishing
the clerk at fault. J 1 5
4. The total foreign trade of the Province for the last five years has
been as follows :—
Year.
Mannds.
Logs,
Valeo.
1885-8G
2,220,887
51,632
Rs.
1,94,63,862
188G-87
2,425,752
34,281
2,24,64,151
1887-88
2,454,188
30,825
2,33,98,045
1888-89
2,373,700
24,971
2,32,44,251
1889-90
2,855,353
15,434
2,76,46,689
The value of the imports in 1889-90 was Rs. 1,19,72,278, and of exports
Rs. 1,51,74,411. Reference to Statement No. Ill will therefore show that im
ports have increased by 5 per cent, as compared with 1888-89, and exports by
about 32 per cent. In both imports and exports brisker trade with Kabul ac
counts for a great part of the change. Thus in imports, the total increase being
about five
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, Kabul shows an increase of over 13
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, which is
more than counterbalanced by a falling off under Kashmir of 15
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. Sewes-
tan has an increase of 1|
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, Bajaur of 4
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, and Chinese Tibet of
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This file is separated into three folders. It primarily consists of George Curzon's handwritten research notes prepared before writing his book, Persia and the Persian Question . The file also contains a variety of printed material that accompanies the handwritten notes. This includes printed research papers by various academics, newspaper clippings, personal letters from other researchers and diplomats, as well as maps and trade reports on various parts of Persia, mainly the southern ports.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the final folio with 742; 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.
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