'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎256r] (95/150)

TRADE.
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C lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees under European Cotton Goods and Non-intoxicating Drugs. Trade with Kelat
Jjlied vvasRs. 15 akhs, an advance of Rs. 3 i lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees on the previous fear. Imporls of ^
Wool a n d exports of Indian Cotton Goods show advances. Trade with Us Bevla territory shows
imports Of Rs- 77 2 '? khb - f n > n creaseof 25 per cent., and exports of Rs. 2 $ likhs, a decrease of
‘ percent. Persian imports decreased by 40 per cent, to Rs. 2-92 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , chiefly under Raw
11 / 00 / an ' 1 Assafcetida, while exports advanced by 24 per cent, to Rs. 9-42 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Trade
bv the Nushki route to Afghanistan, Persia and Baluchistan advanced from Rs 24 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
R s. 26-87 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
( 3 ) ADEN.
The total value of hh^ private sea-borne and land trade of Aden was Rs. 10*57 crores the
highest figure yet recorded. The increase on the previous year was Rs. 19*59 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Sea
borne trade increased by K- 8 - I 5 20 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. io*io crores, out of which foreign trade with
aI1 increase of Rs. 2*45 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees accounted for Rs. 8*34 crores, and Indian trade with an increase
ofRs. 12-75 lak^ accounted for Rs. 1*77 crores. The increase was general as regards imports
and exports of merchandise, but treasure shows a decrease under every head. Land trade
increased by Rs. 4'3 9 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 46*57 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Government transactions show an advance
of Rs. lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 10*58 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
(i) Sea-borne Trade.
1 . Imports from foreign countries amounted to Rs. 3*40 crores and from India to Rs 1*25 Imports,
crores. There was an increase in the former case of Rs. io *68 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or 3*23 per cent, and in
the latter of Rs. 11*83 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or 10*40 per cent. Cotton Manufactures form 21*40 per cent of
all sea-borne imports, Skins form 14*51 per cent., Coffee 10*65 per cent, and Grain and Pulse
8*77 per cent. Imports of Articles of Food and Drink decreased by Rs. 2*15 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
Rs. ^h’S 2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Coffee, Dates and Ghee showed declines, while Sugar and Spices increased.
Tobacco advanced by Rs .4 63 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , chiefly in Unmaniffactured Tobacco imported from Bombay
Raw Materials decreased by Rs. 2*75 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 139*81 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The fall is chiefly due to a
decrease in the price of Skins and to smaller imports of Unmanufactured Ivory, while Hides,
Gums and Shells showed advances. The value of Articles Manufactured and Partly
Manufactured advanced by Rs. 18*63 !akhs to Rs. 141 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Grey Piece-goods valued at
Rs. 71*39 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees were responsible for Rs. 14*52 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of the increase.
2 . SaL is the only local produce of Aden and the bulk of exports consists of goods Exports,
previously imported. The value of the total exports excluding Treasure rose by 7-45 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
401 croies. The increase is equally shared between the foreign and Indian trade exports of
the former rising by Rs. 3*81 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 3*75 crores and of the latter by Rs. 3*65 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to
Rs. 26*22 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The most important exports are Cotton Manufactures, Skins and Coffee, which
represent 21*03 P er cent., 20*77 percent, and 15*31 per cent, respectively of the total export
trade All groups of exports show improvement except Raw Materials and Unmanufactured
Articles,' which fell by Rs. 4*12 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 136*11 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The decrease is chiefly due to
declines m Raw Skins, which fell by Rs. 7*02 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 82*92 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , and in Unmanufactured
Ivory, which shows a decline from Rs. 11*43 ld khs to Rs. 7*75 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . On the other hand, Raw
thaes and Gums show advances. Exports of Articles Manufactured and Partly Manufac
tured rose by Rs. 6*89 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 106*61 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , the nnst marked advance being in Grey
Iiecegoods from Rs. 55*91 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 64*16 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Of the other main groups, all of which
^ vv shght advances, Articles of Food and Drink were valued at Rs. 127*75 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , and
Chemicals, Drugs, etc., at Rs. 22*06 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
3- otal Imports of Treasure decreased .by Rs. 11-95 l^khs to Rs. 65*76 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , and Treasure,
xporis y Rs. 2 81 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Rs. 77*75 takhs. Iransactions in Silver coin other than Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
c ie y Maria Theresa dollars) show a total decrease of Rs. 15*09 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , owing to the fact
a ship ments were made to Abyssinia direct from‘Trieste instead of through Aden.
per ^ 4 Of the total trade of Rs. 8-67 crores, the British Empire took 3*32 crores or 38*36 Distribution,
was^ • a S1 ^ lt improvement on the percentage of the previous year. The share of India
22 -t ; I ^ 1 Cen ^" ° ^ le vv l 10 l e » an( ^ °f the United Kingdom 9*59 per cent. Africa took
nead Cent ' , nea riy half went to D’Jabouti and Obokh. Asia took 14*84 per cent.,
Ports^ T 1 Wh ° le wh i ch was appropriated by Muscat and the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf
count ’ s l lare °f Europe was 14*40 per cent., France standing first among European
rnm „ neS j W1 . 4*49 P er cen t. and Austria and Italy next in order. America took 9*89 per cent.
Spared with 1 i* 8 i in the previous year.
tonnage nUrn ^ er vesse l s -' sfcea m and sailing, increased from 1,323 to 1,419 and the shipping,
while th I ^7>479 to 3>4 23 >389 tons. The number of British ships rose from 653 to 745 ,
GS andV 1 ' Prenc ^ ^ip 3 toll from 144 to 120 . German ships numbered 160 , British Indian
°1 India ^ r IIa Tim percentage of shipping interest of the United Kingdom was 13 * 60 ,
nur nber of ^ urnia 2 0 ‘o 8 , of the British Colonies 19*03 and of Foreign countries 47 * 29 . The
lonnap-^f COuntr y cra ft entering the harbour fell from 1,286 to 1,128 and their combined
s rom 35,942 to 29,732 tons.
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(ii) Land Trade.
r ° s - from n ^ m ^ er °I camel-loads of produce imported into Aden from the mainland of Arabia
3 >238 to 195 , 728 , the daily average being 544 againt 509 . The value of merchandise