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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [549r] (1099/1386)
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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37
Cotton seed was specified separately in the returns for the first time in
1888-89 when the exports amounted to 135,582 cwt. Last year the exports fell
to about 38,000 cwt.
Of the total quantity of seeds exported, about 74 million cwt. were shipped
from Bombay and Karachi, and under 6^ million from Calcutta.
Exports are as follow in lbs. (000’s omitted):
Reeled.
Chasam
(waste).
Cocoons.
Total ualue
in Rs.
(ooo’s omitted).
1883-84
• 673
886
44
6,276
1884-85
• 531
953
83
4,638
1885-86
• 358
1,024
57
3,322
1886-87
• 449
1,020
114
4,843
1887-88
. 453
998
’73
4,808
1888-89
• 433
i,3’4
374
5.187
1889-90
. 594
1,233
263
6,398
’ a
—
It will be observed that the export of reeled silk is non-progressive, while
the exports of waste and cocoons have materially increased. There was a large
increase in values last year.
Exports for the last eight years:
Cubic tons. Rs. (ooo’s omitted).]
59.’87 .
. 6,112
46,471
• 5,254
47,556 .
■ 5,32i
50,076
• 5,505
23,946 .
2,231
40,446 .
3,673
52,609 .
5,753
7’,342 •
7,630
The cause of the increased export was stated in the review’ of the trade of
1887-88 in the following words: " With a revival in the shipbuilding trade in
" the autumn of 1887, there was a revived demand for teak, and the exports of the
" year were on a much larger scale, though still below’ the figures of previous years.
“ The spurt has not yet died out in the shipbuilding yards, and the export of teak
“ still continues to be rather active.” Those remarks applied also to the trade of
1888-89 and may be held to apply to the year under review. Up to the time of
writing in the present year, however, the trade has been conducted on a much
more restricted scale.
The exports have been as follow:
{ooo's omitted).
lbs. Rs.
20,036. . 7,558
18,928 . 7,136
23.149 . 8.723
23,208 . 8,995
23.877 • 9.723
21,961 . 9,687
23,870 . 10,856
Silk.
Teak timber.
Wool,
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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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