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Rs. I,60j850. The increase in Exports to Kat- 

 tiawar has been in Fruit, Grain, Oil Seeds, 

 Timber, and Treasure. The Trade to Malabar 

 shows an increase in Afghan Horses. Accord- 

 ing to the views entertained by Mr Dalzell, 

 the Deputy Collector of Customs here, the 

 decrease in the Export Trade to Bombay is at- 

 tributable to the decline in the value of Wood, 

 and other staples of Indian produce in the 

 Home markets ; this depression has checked 

 supplies, and the consequence has been that 

 large quantities of Wool, Oil Seeds, &c., have 

 been withheld both in Kurrachee and at Khetti, 

 as well as in the interior. Considering that 

 the Bombay market exercises an important 

 influence on our own, we are inclined to think 

 that Mr Dalzell's opinion is not far wide of 

 the truth. The decrease in the trade to Bom- 

 bay has been in Indigo, Munjeet, Grain, Ghee, 

 Oil Seeds, Raw Silk, and Wool. To Cutch, 

 in Fruit, Ghee, and Treasure. To the Mauri- 

 tius, in Grain and Provisions. Mekran, Fruit, 

 Grain, and Silk. 



It will be seen that the External Trade of 

 Sindh is now above two and a half mil- 

 lions sterling, and that the direct exportations 



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