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Sindh to England and France was 5,20,368 

 rupees, whilst in 1858-59 it amounted to 

 12,74,487 rupees, or one hundred and thirty- 

 nine per cent, in excess of that of the preceding 

 year, viz. to England 129 per cent, and 10 per 

 cent, to France. In 1858-59 the arrivals in the 

 port amounted to 90 square-rigged vessels and 

 steamers, aggregating 49,930 tons, whilst the 

 departures were 101, aggregating 56,554 tons. 

 As these direct shipments increase, so will the 

 commerce and agriculture of the province reap 

 the benefit thereof, as a material saving must be 

 the result of shipments direct to the countries 

 of the consumers, for the demand will be pro- 

 portionate to the cheapness of the article. 



The great article of export at present is said 

 to be horses. These, according to Sir Bartle 

 Frere's report, are procurable in unlimited num- 

 bers from Affghanistan at £37 a head, on an 

 average. A greater number of horses was 

 brought down in 1858 than ever was known 

 before, arising, I imagine, from their being in 

 such extensive demand the preceding year, to 

 mount five regiments of Dragoons that were 

 on their way from England, and unusually 

 large prices were in consequence given. On my 



