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the substitution of other woods to the permanent injury of the teak-wood 

 trade (Hauxwell, in Ind. For., 1905, xxxi., 618-35). ' No statistics are 

 available of the Indian internal trade by rail and river, but the trans- 

 a<t ions by coast show that a large demand exist* in India for teak-wood. 

 Thi< I. -Miami in former years was almost supplied by Barm*, bat 



nt years, as will be seen, one of the chief features of the presently 

 Indian trade in teak has been the gradual displacement of the Burmese 

 timber, especially in the Bombay n / wood imported from Siam 



and Java. Turning to the coasting trade, we find that for the five years 

 1900-1 to 1905-6, the registered imports averaged annually 116,639 cubic 



valued at Rs. 93,38,559, and the registered exports 1 ibic tons, 



valued at Rs. 86,70,414. In the last year, 1905-6, the exports were 131,458 

 cul)ic tons, valued at Rs. 88,25,140. Of this BURMA exported 85,749 cubic *** * 



l (to Bengal, 47,578 ; to Madras, 24,253 ; to Bombay, 11,870) ; BOMBAY 

 44,084 cubic tons (to British ports within the province, 26,410 ; to Kathia- 

 \\ar, 9,599) ; MADRAS, 1,469 cubic tons (to Kathiawar, 654 ; to Bombay, 



265 ; to British ports within the province, 195) ; BENGAL, 153 cubic tons (to prom : 

 British ports within the province, 113 ; to Madras, 39). Perhaps it may be 

 said that an important feature of the Indian traffic in teak-wood is the 

 imports brought across the land frontier. In 1899-1900 these were 

 73,912 tons, valued at Rs. 44,16,143, which came from Karen-ni (43,434 

 tons) and Zimme (19,067 tons). Five years later the imports were valued 

 at Rs. 54,34,063 imported by the Salween. [Cf. Dipt, and Cons. Repts., 

 1902, 6-11 ; 1903, 4-5.] 



With regard to the foreign trade, as already pointed out, the chief Foreign 

 feature has been the rapid rise, within recent years, of a large import trade ^P 01 * 1 *- 

 in teak from Siam, Java and the Straits. The figures of IMPORTS for the 

 years 1901-2 to 1906-7 have been 1901-2, 17,842 cubic tons, valued 

 at Rs. 13,03,968 ; 1902-3, 32,081 cubic tons, valued at Rs. 24,96,317 ; 

 1903-4, 34,588 cubic tons, valued at Rs. 30,55,695 ; 1904-5, 46,915 cubic 

 tons, valued at Rs. 42,46,190 ; 1905-6, 71,676 cubic tons, valued at 

 Rs. 62,17,331 ; and 1906-7, 61,696 cubic tons, valued at Rs. 60,71,557. 

 Almost the whole quantity comes from Siam, whose exports to India during 

 the years in question increased from 17,572 cubic tons in 1901-2 to 61,657 

 cubic tons in 1905-6, and in value from 12 to 53 lakhs of rupees. Three- 

 fourths of these imports go to Bombay and the remainder chiefly to 

 Bengal. Turning, by way of comparison, to the latest figures of the 

 coasting trade, we learn that in 1905-6 Burma consigned to Bombay 

 11,870 cubic tons, while the supply of foreign teak, almost entirely Siamese, 

 in that year amounted to 53,253 cubic tons. Noel-Paton points out 

 (Rev. Trade Ind., 1905-6, 44) that "practically the whole of the teak 

 trade in the north of Siam is controlled by British Companies." [Cf. Siam 

 Trade, Ind. For., 1905, xxxi., 464-71.] 



The EXPORTS from India during a similar period have been 1901-2, 

 60,671 cubic tons, valued at Rs. 71,53,855 ; 1902-3, 57,500 cubic tons, 

 valued at Rs. 68,67,879 ; 1903-4, 73,913 cubic tons, valued at 

 91 45 605 1904-5, 46,912 cubic tons, valued at Rs. 60,05,383 ; 1905-6, 

 52,768 cubic tons, valued at Rs. 70,41,660 ; and in 1906-7, 44,202 cubic 

 tons, valued at Rs. 61,48,291. Four-fifths of the total go from Burma, BBM. 

 amounting to 41,469 cubic tons in 1906-7, the surplus from Madras, 

 Bombay and Bengal. The great bulk of the exports is consigned to 

 the United Kingdom, which in the last year took 30,318 cubic tons, 



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