'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [‎530r] (1061/1386)

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GENERAL.
Totals of imports and exports for ten years and rate of increase or decrease each year—
comparison of trade of last two years I—2
GOVERNMENT TRANSACTIONS.
Comparative imports—imports of railway material . . * 2—3
BALANCE OF TRADE.
Excess of exports over imports—drawings of Secretary of State 3
TRADE THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL.
Totals of imports and exports 3—4
SHIPPING.
Total number and tonnage of shipping—Canal steamers—movement of shipping between
India and other countries—nationalities of vessels—native craft—provincial share in
movement of shipping 4—5
GOLD AND SILVER COIN AND BULLION.
imports and exports of gold and silver—net imports from 1859-60 to 1888-89—value of
gold and silver retained in India since 1834—coinage of silver in the Indian Mints . 6—7
CUSTOMS REVENUE.
Gross and net revenue on imports and exports 7—8
TRADE OF PROVINCES AND PRINCIPAL PORTS.
Imports and exports for each province, and rate of increase or decrease—proportion of
the whole trade of India at each of the five chief ports, Bombay, Calcutta, Rangoon,
Madras, and Karachi—foreign trade of the seven largest ports of India . . . 8—9
TRADE WITH COUNTRIES.
Trade with nineteen principal countries, and the proportion taken by each of the whole
trade—relative importance of trade with United Kingdom—increase of trade with
Russia, Germany, and Belgium 9—13
IMPORT TRADE IN MERCHANDISE.
Trade values for twenty years—variations in the prices at Calcutta of certain staple imports,
since 1873—Details of imports 13—25
RE-EXPORT TRADE.
Total value—main items of the trade—countries with which the trade is chiefly carried on . 26—27
EXPORTS OF INDIAN PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURE.
Trade values for ten years—Details of exports 27—41
COASTING TRADE AND SHIPPING 41—43
TRANS-FRONTIER TRADE 44—50