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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [545r] (1091/1386)
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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29
Asia:
Ceylon .... 3,269
Straits .... 3,916
Arabia and Aden . . 1,191
Persia and other countries 346
Total 8,722
Africa :
Mauritius, Reunion, and
Eastern Coast . . 2,014
Other countries . . 256
Total 2,270
America :
West Indies . . 269
South America . . 1,426
Canada . : 53
Total 1,748
Australia .... 56
Thus we have 52 per cent for Europe and 321 per cent for Asia, leaving about
15 per cent for the
coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
of Mauritius and Reunion, the West Indies and South
America, and for Australia. The European demand was slightly smaller last
year than in either of the two preceding years when it was equal to 55 and 53
per cent of the whole respectively. It is possible that the present year may
again shew a slightly smaller relative demand for Europe in consequence of
the Italian Government having raised the duty on rough (cargo) rice closer to the
level of the duty on cleaned rice and thus interfered with an active re-export trade
carried on by Italian millers with great profit from State bounties.
It is practically almost impossible to ascertain the ultimate destination of
great part of our rice in Europe. It will be observed that of the total quantity
assigned to Europe in the foregoing table, say 14 million cwt., nearly 81 million
cwt. are placed against Egypt and Malta. In the first of these cases the rice
is shipped to Port Said for orders to be received there by the shipmaster as to
port of destination ; in the second case the rice is stored for reshipment to other
Mediterranean ports. The system obscures the effects which changes of fiscal
legislation in Italy, Turkey, Austria, the States lying between Turkey and
Russia, or in other countries, may have upon the direction and extent of our rice
trade with Europe.
The exports of the last seven years have been, in cwt. and
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
(000’s Wheat.
omitted in both cases) :
Cwt.
Rs.
1883-84 .
20,956 .
■ 88,775
1884-85 .
15,831 .
63,091
1885-86 .
21,060 .
80,023
1886-87 .
. 22,263 ,
, 86,258
1887-88 .
13,538 .
55,624
1888-89 .
17,610
75,227
1889-90 .
13,799 •
57,914
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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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