'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909' [‎109r] (79/132)

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• 1 - see the Annual Trade Report of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , Sind and Aden for 1908-1909, and
t Ides under Foreign Trade and Shipping, printed in Part II of the Statistics of British India.
(1) PRESIDENCY The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. PROPER.
Sea-borne Trade.
Ti total value of the sea-borne trade of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. proper was Rs. 1,41,73,54,335,
^ ^ decrease of 25*79 crores or 15’4 per cent, compared with the record figures of the
showing’ a ^ rpk e d ecrease extended to both imports and exports and represented a fall of
7^8 crores in Government transactions and of 18*41 erores in private trade.
A.—Chief Port—Bombay.
Tb aggregate trade of the Port of Bombay, exclusive of Government transactions, amounted
* l^crores, a decrease of 18-37 crores. Including Government transactions the total value
^ s 135*44 crores and the total decrease 25 / / ciores.
(i) Foreign Trade.
1 The total foreign trade declined by 13-4 per cent, to 105-14 crores. Imports of
• handise fell to 40-40 crores, the decrease of 9*8 per cent, being chiefly under Articles
Z^nfadured and Tartly Manufactured, which represent 43 per cent, of the total imports and
h d a decline of 4-88 crores. Exports of Indian merchandise amounted to 39-79 crores, a
f fif 18-3 per cent., for which Raw Materials, representing 55 per cent, of the total exports,
131 ‘°chiefly responsible with a decrease of 6-76 crores. The actual variations in the volume of
TTe however, are not directly proportional to the fluctuations in recorded values. Although
rise occurred’in the prices of Sugar, Iron, Aniline Dyes, Kerosine Oil, Grey and White Tuce-
and Silk Piece-goods among imports, the range of prices was generally lower than in the
mecedin 0, year. Calculated on last year's average prices the value of imports shows a decline
nf 3*46 crores instead of 4*39 crores. On the other hand a rise in the prices of Gram and
Tube Manganese Ore, Linseed, Rage-seed, Cottonseed and White Piece-goods has added
5 Ukhs to the recorded value of exports during the year under review.
2 The most important imports were Cotton Manufactures (8-14 crores), Metals
(4*21 crores), Railway Plant and Rolling Stock (3-18 crores), Sugar (2-95 crores), Machinery
and Millwork (2*54 crores), and Silk Manufactures (1-48 crores). Imports ot Horses further
declined by 1 131 or 33 per cent, in number and by over Ihkhs in value, being ailected b\
the extended use of Electric Trams and Motor-cars. While Articles of Food and Dun!:,
totalling 5-82 crores, showed an increase of 21 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees there was a fa m every sub-head except
Grain and Pulse under which the increase was 45 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , Rice (30| lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ) and kFheat and
Wheat Flour (28J lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees ) being the principal imports. Metals and ^
advanced by half a crore Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees). , amounting to nearly 11 crores, the largest figure nx the decac...
The increase was contributed by Railway Materials (m Ukhs) and ( ^ ^hs), whne
Machinery fell by 394 Idkbs and Hardware and Cutlery by 21| lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The shares ot the
United Kingdom under these four sub-heads were respectively 98, 54, 93 and o3 3 pei cem.
iw/o“f 5 advanced by 27 per cent., including a rise of 38 per cent. ^ “cade S
nevertheless the imports from Russia were vnth one exception the iowest xn the dec ad e yto
Materials show little decrease with a total of o-48 crores ^hde the sub-heads
and Uk declined, Foreign Coal advanced by 20 tekhs. The increase was confined to rmper „s iron
Australia and Natal, the share of the United Kingdom in the total being b 6 pei cent Und _
Articles Manufactured and Partly Manufactured the decline o ■ croi jj ba ,j
by Cotton Piece-goods (3-52 crores), the demand tor which was affected ty “e P »
harvest, the high prices of food-grains and the absence of marnageb uimg i ^}- 0
year. Silk Manufactures, however, reached a record figure with an increase of ^ ^ 'yhs, tbe
sub-head Yarn and Warps having advanced by 15 f , 70 ^“v 20 S chiefly
competition of China and Japan in this trade. Woollen Manufaetui es^ e y >
in respect of imports from the United Kingdom, which claimed 7 pei cen
3. Re-exports of foreign merchandise declined by 60 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to 2*3 crGres witli
the lowest figure since 1894-1895. The greatest decrease occurred
(31 Ukhs). Exports of Indian Produce and Manufactures showed a total Aeciease ^
A decline of 53 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees in Articles of Food and Drink ^ P^ ncl P al ^^ S f a X exceeded
^5 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or 39 per cent, in Grain and Pulse, under which exports o ^ cen ^
one-tenth of the previous year's figures. Shipments of . ac j vaIie ed by
the group Metals and Manufactures of Metals and.fell by 6*68 la- s. P f u p
^6-75 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or 33-6 per cent, to 3 crores, owing to competition among ^ "j e t ease 0 £
share ra the limited quantity fixed by Government for export to China m • su b-heads
6-76 crores or 23*5 per cent, in Raw Materials and Unmanufactured ARi " aflected
and^^ contributed 4-07 crores and 2-48 coupled with
oy the short output during the unfavourable seasons or iyu/-iyuo aim. r
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Chap. IV.
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DISTRIBUTION
General.
Imports.
Exports.