| Articles. | Value. | 1903-04. | ||||
| Khorassan and Seistan. | Khorassan only. | |||||
| 1900-01. | 1901-02. | 1902-03. | Quantity. | Value. | ||
| £ | £ | £ | Lbs. | £ | ||
| Almonds and pistachio nuts | 261 | 44 | 37 | ” | 87,750 | 1,039[53] |
| Butter (ghi) | — | 1,039 | — | ” | — | — |
| Carpets | — | 134 | 273 | ” | — | — |
| Copper, brass, and nickel work (tea-urns) | — | — | — | ” | [54] | 10 |
| Drugs | 153 | 507 | 316 | ” | — | — |
| Earthenware and crockery | — | — | 32 | ” | 700 | 94 |
| Fruits, dried | — | 62 | 8 | ” | 10,400 | 87[55] |
| Grain | — | — | 179 | ” | — | — |
| Horses | 862 | 2,493 | 3,631 | Number | 192 | 1,792 |
| Mules | 338 | 162 | — | ” | — | — |
| Silk, raw | — | — | — | Lbs. | 312 | 218 |
| Skins, untanned | — | — | 429 | ” | — | — |
| Tissues— | ” | |||||
| Cotton | 50 | — | 55 | ” | — | — |
| Silk | 1,255 | 2,046 | 7,336 | ” | 7,598 | 3,658 |
| Woollen | — | 2 | 106 | ” | — | — |
| Turquoises | — | — | — | ” | 180 | 326 |
| Miscellaneous | — | 179 | 32 | ” | — | 32 |
| Total | £2,919 | £6,668 | £12,434 | — | £7,256 | |
[53] Almonds only.
[54] Not stated.
[55] Plums.
APPENDIX XII
TRADE VALUE OF THE SEISTAN ROUTE COMPARED WITH COMPETING ROUTES
| Year | By the— | |||||||||
| Quetta-Seistan Route. | Bunder Abbas Route. | Trebizond-Tabriz-Teheran Route. | Baghdad-Kermanshah-Teheran Route. | |||||||
| Imports. | Exports. | Total. | Imports. | Exports. | Total. | Imports. | Exports. | Imports. | Exports. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 1900-01[56] | 1,925 | 2,919 | 4,844 | [57] | [57] | — | [57] | [57] | [57] | [57] |
| 1901-02[56] | 27,902 | 6,668 | 34,570 | 85,813 | [57] | — | 18,060 | — | [57] | [57] |
| 1902-03[56] | 11,103 | 12,434 | 23,537 | 108,319 | [57] | — | — | — | [57] | [57] |
| 1903-04[58] | 13,060 | 7,256 | 20,316 | 80,261 | 38,165 | 118,426 | 21,780 | — | 20,800 | — |
[56] For Khorassan and Seistan.
[57] Not recorded.
[58] For Khorassan only.