A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



In his ' Review of the Trade of India for 1897-8 ' (p. 69), 

 Mr. T. A. Robertson takes the first table substantially as 

 it stands, though he expresses his results in tens of rupees. 

 He makes the following comments on the general trade- 

 situation : 



"The trade with countries across the Indian Frontier 

 remained practically stationary. The trade with Kabul 

 and Kandahar is dwindling owing to the fiscal restrictions 

 placed upon it by the Amir, and last year further con- 

 traction was caused by the closing of the Khyber Pass 

 and the military operations on the frontier. The effect 

 of the fighting in the Swat is noticeable in a set-back 

 to the expanding trade of Bajaur, while the requisition 

 for the frontier campaign of all available transport affected 

 the trade of Kashmir and Ladakh. The most important 

 trade on the frontier is with Nepal, and this shows a 

 marked increase, as does also the trade with Thibet " 



(P- 4). 



T. B. B.] 



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