STATISTICS OF TRADE. 



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between Persia and England and Persia and India by 

 the Baghdad-Kermanshah route between January 1902 

 and January 1903 shows the duty paid according to the 

 old arrangement and the amount that would have had 



to be paid under the new tariff 



From the above table it will be seen that the net 

 increase to the Persian Government, on trade valued 

 roughly at £750,000, would have been 1,434,222 krans, 

 or £28,684, of which £15,959 w^ould have been levied 

 on a trade of £700,000 with England, and £12,725 on 

 a trade of £50,000 with India. The comparison is 



