British India and Its Trade (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...countries. Saltpetre still forms a considerable export, though not so great as Quantity Of Principal Articles Of Private Merchandise Exported (and Re-exported) To Foreign Countries, formerly. Coir and cocoanut oils and other products of the cocoanut palm are increasingly exported from Madras. Tobacco exports are unprogressive. Teak exports have fluctuated widely, owing to forest restrictions and Siamese competition, and to variations in the demands for shipbuilding and railways. Spices are less prominent than formerly in Indian trade; but pepper and ginger are still of some importance. The export of lac and lac goods is an old trade, and business has recently shown a revival. Among exports exhibiting recent progress are rice-bran and oil-cake for cattle-food, petroleum, paraffin wax, coal, mica, manganese ore, bristles and fibres, provisions, and paper-making materials. Re-exports of Merchandise---Re-exports by sea form only about-five per cent, of the total imports into India. The items are many and various, but by far the most important are European Value Of Principal Articles Of Private Merchandise EXPORTED (AND RE-EXPORTED) BY Sea TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES In Pounds Sterling. Articles. Apparel Coal, Coke, etc Coffee Coir, and Manufactures of Cotton: Raw Twist and Yarn Manufactures Drugs and Medicines (excluding Opium) Dyeing and Tanning Materials: Indigo Other sorts Grain and Pulse: Rice Wheat Other sorts Hides and Skins: Raw Dressed and Tanned Jute: Raw Manufactures Lac (of all sorts) Manures (chiefly Animal Bones) Metals.. OilsXmainly Vegetable) Opium Provisions Rice-bran Saltpetre Seeds: Linseed Rape or Mustard Gingelly, Til, or Sesamum Other Sorts (Poppy, Castor, etc.) Silk: Raw Manufactures Spices Sugar Tea Wood, and Manufactures of Wool: Raw Manufactu...