iofrom 1st May 1838 to 30th April 184L 



\ 1840 to 30th April 1841. 



Invoice 

 value . 



Incrtuse in 

 value as 

 Comjjarcd 



with 

 1838-39. 



Increase in 

 value as 

 compared 



with 

 1839-40. 



3,00,000 

 4,20,000 



2,35,000 

 3,80,000 



2,58,000 

 4,02,000 



3,9"), OOo 

 3,30,000 

 2, 90,000 



3,40,000 

 2,90,000 

 2,42,000 



3,55,000 

 3,04,000 

 2,70,000 



2,52,000 



2,16,000 



2,25,000 



2,20,000 

 5,87,000 



1,85,000 

 5,00,000 



1,97,750 

 5,33,000 



60,000 



60,000 



60,000 



28,000 

 77,000 



23,000 

 67,000 



24,500 

 70,000 



7,000 



6,000 



6,400 



2,03,350 



1,74,300 



1,75,475 



29,750 

 10,250 



25,500 

 10,250 



27,425 

 10,250 



20,317 



20,317 



20,317 



REMARKS. 



C Unbleached Long Cloth is preferred to the bleached as it is more 

 < durable and admits more readily of being dyed blue, the favorite 

 £ jolour of the North. 



flowered Muilins in high demand. 



The finest quality prized. 



Scotch Cambrics eagerly bought up. 

 C This includes Coarse Chintzes also, which from the durability of 

 £ the colour, are valued. 



Used chiefly for Turbans. 



Course quality and sombre colours preferred, 

 t Very little used in Afl'ghanistan proper, but great demand for Balks 

 £ Bokhara, Khorassan and Tabreez markets. 



v Bi-itish Metals, not only from the original superiority of the ore^ 

 -< but from the superior method of smelting, are in great demand 

 £ throughout Asia. 



British Hardware next to cloth is so much prized that it is expected 

 it will comprize one of thrr Chief Staples of commerce. 



Bought up at Cabool and exported to Herat, Balk, Bokhara, &c. but 



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