Rs. per Annum.
Dyers 1500
Silk-weavers 3500
Tanners 4000
Gram-dealers 1250
Cap and postin-makers 600
Capitation tax 3000
Butchers 700
Cattle markets 2500
Gaming houses 2500

while bakers have to present annually to the Governor thirty Kandahari maunds of bread.

STATEMENT OF THE SCALE OF TAXATION CHARGED UPON EXPORTS TO BRITISH TERRITORY FROM KANDAHAR PROVINCE.

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o.		 Taxes.
Commodity. Per Kachari
or
Octro
Duty.		 Kafila
Bashi. 		Dalali
or
Brokerage.		 Goshi
or
Karim’s
Dues.		 Aishan’s
Dues.		 Nizam-ud-
Din’s
Dues.		 Takhta-
pul
Dues.		 Sardari
Kila
Buldak.		 One-tenth. In lump
Sum.		 Total.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
1 Fresh fruit Load of ass 1 0 0 0 13 4 0 4 0 0 6 8 1 10 8 — 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 6 8 — 4 12 8
2 Pomegranates ” 1 8 0 0 13 4 0 4 0 0 6 8 3 8 8 — 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 8 0 — 7 4 0
3 ” Camel load 5 0 0 1 10 8 0 8 0 1 0 0 14 9 4 — 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 4 0 — 25 8 0
4 Dry fruit Donkey load 2 8 0 0 13 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 7 3 4 0 13 4 1 4 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 — 14 7 4
5 Wool Camel Load[17] 40 0 0 3 5 4 10 8 0 1 10 8 19 4 0 — 0 12 0 0 2 8 8 0 0 — 83 10 8
6 Big postins Per coat 1 8 0 0 13 4 1 0 0 0 6 8 — — — — ⅒ of all taxes. — —
per ass load. percent. per donkey load.
7 Postins of good quality ” 8 5 4 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
8 ” mustalah be astin ” 1 8 0 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
9 ” quilt 1 6 4 0 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
10 ” 20 gula 1 1 4 0 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
11 ” 6 ” 1 0 10 8 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
12 Puttu Kabli, No. 1 1 12 8 0 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
13 ” No. 2 1 10 0 0 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
14 ” No. 3 1 8 5 4 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
15 ” No. 4 1 6 10 8 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
16 Qanawez (a kind of silk cloth) Yard 0 4 0 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
17 Silk 4 sers 0 12 0 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
18 Namad (a coarse woollen cloth) 1 0 3 4 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
19 Rupees Cwt. 4 0 0 ” ” ” — — — — ” — —
20 Men Per head — — — — — — — — — ([18]) 2
4		 8
2		 0
8		 ([19])2
4		 8
2		 0
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STATEMENT OF ARTICLES PROHIBITED FROM EXPORTATIONTO BRITISH TERRITORY BY THEGOVERNOR OF KANDAHAR.
Articles. Tax imposed before the prohibition. Remarks.
1 Wheat— Rs. a. p.
 (a) Per camel load 1 0 0
 (b) ”  ass load 0 8 0
2 Almonds, per maund — None but the Amir’s Agent, since a long time, is allowed to export almonds.
3 Ghee, per maund 5 0 0
4 Goats and sheep, per head 0 8 0
5 Asses Nil.
6 Horses or ponies—
For every Rs. 8-5-3 of the estimated value.		 1 0 0 Besides this amount, nearly Rs. 5 more per horse are taken, and on every hundred horses a further sum of Rs. 2 is levied.
7 Cows per head 5 0 0
8 Pistacia nuts, donkey load 20 7 0
TABLE OF DUTIES LEVIED UPON IMPORTS INTO KANDAHAR PROVINCE.
Articles. Imported from Duty. Remarks.
Rs. a. p.
1 Horses Kabul and Herat 12 8 0
per horse.
2 Ponies Do. 5 4 0
per pony.
3 Miscellaneous Do. * 11 0 0
for every 100 Rupees of the estimated value. * In addition to this sum, 1 per cent. on account of brokerage and Rs. 2 per camel load and Re. 1 per ass load are recovered on account of rahdari, etc.
4 Cloth India 14 0 0
for every 100 Rupees’ worth of cloth.
5 Tea  Do. ¼th of its value.
6 Sugar  Do. ⅓rd   Do.
7 Iron  Do. ⅒th   Do.
8 Indigo  Do. 20 0 0
per English maund.
9 Oils  Do. ⅙th of their value.

The Saids of Peshin, Kakuris, Bakhtiaris and the Baluchis are the tribes principally engaged in horse dealing. This trade flourishes for six months in the year; but it is stagnant during the hot weather and in the winter, when the roads are closed by snow. About 2000 or 3000 horses are said to pass through the city annually. The chief breeding districts drawn on by these traders are Sarakhs, Maimana, Nur and Kala Nau in the Hazara country; Daria Gaz and Kelati-i-Nadiri in Persia; Gulza and Firozkoh in Herat province. Of these the horses from Sarakhs, Nur and Gulza are most prized, realising locally between 60 and 120 rupees. An export duty between fifteen to thirty rupees was originally levied against each animal. To escape this tax traders frequently took the desert routes, but the trade is now prohibited. The cows of Kandahar and Seistan are in general request; they are said to give twenty seers of milk each per diem, being milked three times in twenty-four hours. They fetch about forty rupees each. Camels are anything but plentiful in the Kandahar district; and the supply is scarcely adequate to meet the demands of the trading population. Many are imported from Baluchistan, the prices varying from twenty to one hundred rupees.

TYPICAL STREET SCENES