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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [546r] (1093/1386)
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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31
Gram and oats go mainly to Mauritius.
This trade is of quite recent creation and it may therefore be of interest to Flour.
follow its progress since its development a few years ago. The exports have
been (lbs. and
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, ooo’s omitted in both cases) :
lbs.
Rs.
1880-81
• 4,147
• 293
1881-82
• 5,107
• 3 2 9
1882-83
. 6,816
412
1883-84 .
• 7,891
. 459
1884-85 .
U.057
• 593
1885-86 .
. 18,879
• 972
1886-87 .
■ 35,744
. 1,848
1887-88 .
36,082
• 1,975
1888-89 •
. 36.290
• 2,079
1889-90 .
48,572
• 2,838
The hope was expressed in reviewing the trade of 1888-89 that the export
of flour had not reached its utmost limit of expansion. The hope was evidently
well founded, for the quantity exported in that year was exceeded by a third last
year.
This is almost exclusively a Bombay trade, more than 48 million pounds
having been shipped from that port where the flour is made in steam mills accord
ing to European methods, Persian wheat being employed to a large extent as
being cheaper than Indian wheat. But little goes to Europe as yet, only about
330,000 lbs. having been shipped to Belgium last year, but in course of time
Indian flour should take its place with American flour in the English market.
The bulk of the exports last year was directed as follows:
lbs. (ooo’s omitted).
Aden
12,081
Arabia
11,170
Mauritius .
8,173
Ceylon
6,252
Natal
2,900
Abyssinia .
2,45 1
Zanzibar .
i,94i
Straits
1,296
Egypt
1,081
There was a considerable revival in the trade in Sugar last year, due prob- Sugar.
ably to the remarkable fluctuations in price in Europe during the year which
led to much speculation. But the exports are still far below the point they
reached several years ago before the extension of the beetroot sugar industry in
Europe, fostered by bounties, brought prices down to a ruinous level. The exports
shew as follow:
Refined.
Raw.
Cwt.
Cwt.
1883-84
. 203,693
1,426,827
1884-85
• 55,323
1,015,596
1885-86
. 24,942
1,142,598
1886-87
• 33,340
953,066
1887-88
. 37,723
1,008,565
1888-89
• 34,523
978,955
1889-90
• 111,323
1,309,321
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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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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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