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Afghanistan

Chapter 49: APPENDIX IX
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 IX

RETURN OF ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM KHORASSAN AND SEISTAN TO AFGHANISTAN 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.
£ £ £ £
Animal products, crude — — — Lbs. 12,670 196
Camels — — 120 Number 7 43
Candles 50 32 139 Lbs. 4,713 154 Entirely Russian candles
Carpets — — 28 ” 12,428 989
Cattle — — — Number 8 15
Chemicals — — 67 Lbs. 2,425 52
Copper in bars — — 2 ” 1,950 27⎫ Comes from Russia and is made into trays, water vessels, &c., in Khorassan and exported to Afghanistan
”   work — — 125 ” 9,562 475⎭
Drugs 39 120 158 ” 12,883 228
Dyes 5 298 205 ” 3,003 27
Earthenware and crockery 71 27 197 ” 3,081 96 Comes from Russia
Fruits, fresh and dried 36 23 145 ” 24,649 192
Glass, mirrors, &c. — — 166 ” 2,340 40⎫ ⎬Comes entirely from Russia
Glassware 102 2 170 ” 11,213 364⎭
Gold and silver work — — 39 ” 5 34
Grain 1 — 2 ” 14,359 73
Hardware 248 515 1,324 ” 17,986 1,248 Lamps, boxes in wood and metal, needles, &c., buttons and beads; mostly from Russia
Horses — — 19 Number 34 115
Indigo 72 71 572 — — — Indian. Export ceased owing to heavy customs duty in Persia
Iron in sheets, &c. 260 152 38 Lbs. 28,900 229⎫ ⎬Comes entirely from Russia
” and steel, manufactured 108 128 101 ” 5,259 151⎭
Leather-work — — — ” 1,287 120 Both Russian and Indian
Oil— ”
Petroleum 31 27 428 ” 137,163 818 Entirely from Russia
Other — — 273 ” 3,553 87
Paper 10 106 102 ” 780 15 Chiefly Russian
Provisions — — 162 ” 1,346 8 Butter, flour, and salt
Sheep — 2 4 Number 1,067 195
Silk, raw 66 — 96 Lbs. 2,977 1,580
Skins— ”
Furs — — — ” 13 33
Tanned and untanned 100 180 54 ” 1,742 91
Spices 255 524 801 ” 20,753 602 Almost entirely from India
Sugar— ”
Loaf 3,747 — 4,925 ” 615,180 7,743⎫ ⎬Entirely Russian
Other 1,982 450 2,600 ” 357,494 4,751⎭
Tea 1,155 802 1,898 ” 1,112 88 ndian green tea
Thread— ”
Cotton — 144 266 ” 3,458 182
 Imitation gold and silver —  ⎫ ⎬ 601⎨ ⎧    9 ” 533 115
Silk 42⎭ ⎩2,547 ” 423 175
Tin and lead in ingots — — 51 ” 2,301 192 Russian
Tissues— ”
Cotton 9,588 12,713 24,550 ” 387,777 29,792 Chiefly Russian
Silk — 622 1,865 ” 9,065 4,635  ” Persian
Woollen 5,102 336 97 ” 17,108 2,843
Turquoises — — — ” 384 591
Vegetables — — — ” 4,589 117
Vehicles — — 24 Number 2 84 Two Russian carriages exported for Commander-in-Chief, Herat
Wearing apparel 2 162 94 Lbs. 2,460 221
Wood, manufactured — 4 63 ” 1,755 37
Miscellaneous 215 204 129 ” 468 40
Total 23,287 18,245 44,655 — — 59,903