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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [533v] (1068/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (692 folios). It was created in c 1880-1891. 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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6
Gold and Silver Coin and Bullion.
The imports and exports of gold during the last ten years were
(
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
ooo’s omitted)—
Imports.
Exports.
Balance net
imports.
1880-81 .
. 36,720
168
36,552
1881-82 .
. 48,564
124
48,440
1882-83 .
• 50.95I
1,642
49,309
1883-84 .
. 54,694
69
54,625
1884-85 .
• 47,781
1,062
46,719
1885-86 .
. 30,915
3,286
27,629
1886-87 .
. 28,336
6,565
21,771
1887-88 .
. 32,361
2,436
29,925
1888-89 .
. 31,191
3.052
28,139
1889-90 .
• 50,710
4.557
46,153
The imports and exports of silver in the same period have been—
Imports.
Exports.
Net
Imports.
1880-81 . .
53,162
14,236
38,926
1881-82 . .
64,663
10,873
53,790
1882-83 . .
83,580
8,778
74,802
1883-84 . .
74,085
10,034
64,051
1884-85 . .
91,100
1 8,644
c
72,456
1885-86 . .
123,862
7,796
116,066
1886-87 . .
82,197
10,640
71,557
1887-88 . .
105,898
13,611
9 2 ,287
1888-89 . .
107,259
14,792
92,467
1889-90 . .
123,885
14,506
109,379
The importation of gold last year was much larger than it has been since
1884-85 when the rapid increase in the silver price of gold caused the pur
chases of the more valuable metal to shrink to very small proportions. The
imports of the year were in fact not very much below the average of the years
which preceded the great divergence in the relative value of the two metals.
During the present year they still continue on a large scale, and if the decline in
the silver price of gold should continue there will probably be a continued pur
chase of gold. Silver also was imported during the year on a large scale.
Since 1859-60 the net imports-of the precious metals have been (
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
,
ooo’s omitted)—
Gold. Silver.
From 1859-60 to 1872-73 . 726,062 1172,242
From 1873-7410 1889-90 . 45 2 .573 1209,943
Total . 1178,635 2382,185
The total value of both amounts to R3560,821,094, or, at the conventional
rate of 2s. to the rupee, about 5356,000,000, to which may be added 1011
millions imported from 1834 to 1859, making altogether since 1834 some 54571
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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; 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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- 2av, 7r:7v, 22r:22v, 27r:27v, 36r:37v, 288r:288v, 291r:380v, 467r:467v, 470r:470v, 505r:575v, 584r:584v, 600r:692v
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