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Afghanistan

Chapter 48: APPENDIX VIII
By A. Hamilton
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The author provides a detailed contemporary survey combining historical overview with firsthand travel observation of the country’s geography, regions, and population. Chapters describe urban centres and rural districts, tribal structures, social and religious customs, and administrative practices, while assessing frontier and boundary concerns and relations with neighbouring powers. Attention is given to economic resources, trade routes, and natural history, supported by illustrations, maps, and synthesized official material. The result is an informative, largely descriptive account intended to convey both practical travel knowledge and a picture of prevailing political and social conditions.

APPENDIX VIII

RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO KHORASSAN AND SEISTAN DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 21, 1903, TO MARCH 20, 1904, COMPARED WITH 1900-03

Articles. Value. 1903-04. Remarks.
1900-01. 1901-02. 1902-03. Quantity. Value.
£ £ £ £
Almonds and pistachio nuts 404 3,297 1,479 — — — Included in “Fruits, dried”; separate figures not obtainable
Animal products, crude 22 68 25 — — —
Butter and other fats 2,070 14,100 6,486 Lbs. 38,318 1,231 Decrease of importation in 1903-1904, due to mortality among the sheep owing to drought
Camels — 188 351 — — —
Carpets 1,291 1,091 2,524 Lbs. 18,857 1,285
Cattle — — 357 — — —
Cotton, raw 18 388 358 Lbs. 57,779 1,061 Re-exported to Russia
Drugs 1,759 741 1,189 ” 78,072 1,742 Partly Indian
Fruits, fresh and dried 16 171 15 ” 69,999 607
Grain 594 889 671 ” 4,355 56
Gum 5 — 21 ” 131 7
Horses — 33 1,116 — — —
Indigo 77 161 231 Lbs. 6,747 720 This is entirely indigo come through Afghanistan from India
Iron, manufactured — — 17 ” 3,419 58
Leather work — — — ” 208 58
Mercery and hardware 229 819 391 ” 2,399 400
Oils 47 118 — — — —
Opium 682 865 197 Lbs. 104 46 Decrease due to heavy increase of duty under new tariff
Packing materials 164 630 1,015 — — — These are woollen sacks for packing wool, &c.
Provisions — 436 650 Lbs. 28,756 285
Raisins 1 440 201 — — — Included in “Fruits, dried”
Rice 5,791 5,737 2,426 Lbs. 74,302 731
Rope — 43 24 — — —
Sheep — 2,039 12,223 Number 8,388 2,048 Decrease due to mortality among the sheep
Skins—
Tanned 3,493 1,635 8,638 Lbs. 11,363 833 These are chiefly postins (sheep-skin coats)
Untanned 1,548 1,640 7,526 ” 324,617 8,235 Large part re-exported to Russia
Spices 24 1,347 305 ” 87,126 1,060 Come chiefly from India
Thread 62 113 702 ” 2,783 380
Tissues 1,062 1,703 774 ” 6,815 271
Tobacco 230 307 174 ” 1,762 22
Wearing apparel 781 1,184 1,120 ” 1,534 275
Wool 11,245 29,156 45,113 ” 3,240,692 90,366 Re-exported to Russia, and to United Kingdom and America via Russia
Miscellaneous 37 420 156 ” 80 3
Total £31,652 £69,759 £96,475 — — £111,780