تقارير ومراسلات تتعلق ببلاد فارس، بما يشمل التجارة ومساراتها في بلاد فارس [و‎‎١‎٢] (٢٥٢/٢٣)

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Statistics.
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF COMMERCE. 19
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Drugs.
Import. —Supplies are imported in small consignments direct
from Europe by doctors, chemists, and druggists. There is one
chemist in Teheran reported to do a large business with the
retail traders in town and country.
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Dyes.
Aniline Dyes,
The import is prohibited in Persia, but the employment of
them continues. Certain Alizarine dyes, recognised as superior
and faster colours in comparison with the vegetable dyes in these
tints, are now admitted into the country.
Hernia.
Export* —Produced in the Yezd-Kerman region, and exported
vid Resht and Tabriz to Russia and Turkey. Price, Bushire,
krs. 2J per man.
Indigo.
Import* —From India. Has been a steady trade of some
40,000/. value per annum till 1900, but the last two years show
a decided decrease. Largely used for dyeing native and imported
cotton textiles; also in the carpet industry. The bulk of the
trade is in the inferior qualities. The trade is likely to suffer
from the decay of the native printing and dyeing industries in
Persia. Synthetic indigo is now employed to some extent.
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Madder.
Grown in Ispahan, Yezd, Shuster, and Kurdistan districts.
Exported in small quantites from the Karun. There is also a
small trade from Tabriz to Russia in madder and yellow berry.
Fish.
The valuable fisheries of the Caspian seaboard have been
leased to the Russian firm of Lianozoff since 1888. This lease has
been renewed from time to time, and is now terminable about
1925. The rental is at present some 18,000/. per annum,
increasing in the latter years of the lease to 20,000/. per annum.
This industry has not been safeguarded in the Russo-Persian
Customs tariff against increase of duty in Russia. It is stated,
however, that the Russian Government has decided to admit the
products of these fisheries (caviare, sturgeon, salmon, &c.), into
Russia at rates equivalent to the former 5 per cent, ad ’valorem
duties, and it is presumed this privilege will hold good up. to the
termination of the existing contract between the Persian Govern
ment and Lianozoff. There are important fishing interests on the
Russian seaboard of the Caspian which would have profited from
an increase of duty on Lianozoff’s Persian products.
The more important fishing grounds are worked by the lessee.
He sublets some of the smaller stations.