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 142 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — INDIA AND DEPENDENCIES

Years ended

Imports

March 31

Merchandise

Rupees

129,89,50,942 121,20,57,265 117,00,04,295 129,85,40,168 138,57,48,833

Treasure

Total

1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

Rupees

32,82,04,292 22,03,18,531 37,42,00,735 39,70,47,923 53,42,20,933

Rupees

102,71,55,284 143,89,75,796 ' 154,48,05,030 169,05,88,096 191,99,09,706

Years ended

Exports and Re-Exports

March 31

Merchandise

Treasure Total

1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

Rs.

177,35,80,259 153,02,79,942 187,88,50,449 209,88,20,189

227,75,73,540

Rs. Rs.

5,44,02,281 182,80,42,540 5,95,00,736 158,98,46,678 6,39,33,303 194,27,83,752 7,11,79,909, 217,00,00,098 10,30,16,193 1 238,11,89,739

Of the exports of merchandise in 1911-12 Rs. 221,73,10,933 represented the products of the country. Rs. 0,02,62,613 wei'e re-exports of foreign imports.

The returns of quantities and values of imports and of exports are based on the bills of entry and shipping bills respectively, but thcdeclarations contained-in these documents are subject to scrutiny in all cases, and penalties may be inflicted where they are found to be false. The value is the wholesale value at the place of import or export, less trade dis- count, duty not being included in the value of dutiable goods. Up to the year eiuled March, 1911, the published returns showed, not the prime origin of imports and ultimate destination of exports, but only the countries whence the goods were shipped to India and to which they are shipped from India, as disclosed by the shipping docu- ments. But beginning with thr; official year 1911-12, imports have been classified with reference to the countries whence they are consigned to India, and exjiorts credited to the country of final destination as declared by the exporters in the sliipping biHs, whether that country possesses a seaboard or not. A retrosi>ective record from the year 1907-08 was also specially constituted under the stated system of registration, and tlie figures given in this article for the year 1907-08 and succeeding years relate to countries of consignment and countries of final destination. No distinction is maintained between general, special, and transit trade ; but goods of foreign origin, when re-exported, are shown in detail separately from those of Indian origin. Apart from the comparatively insignificant imports and exports by parcel post, of which only the total values are known, there are no special circumstances which affect the value of the statistical results.

The gross amount of import duty collected in 1911-12 was Rs. 9,14,23,251 and export duty Rs. 1,30,23,202. The largest import duty is derived from cotton goods, Rs. 1,50,16,401 and from salt, Rs. 1,41,37,555 in 1911-12 ; the export duty is entirely on rice.

The imports and exports, excluding Government stores and Govern- ment treasure, were distributed as follows in five years : —

Years ended

Eastern

Bengal

Bengal

Burma

Madras

March 31

and Assam Rs.

' Rsr^^

Rs.

Imports:—

Rs.

1908

60,09,58,196

53,50,633

11, 34,11, .503

11,13,79,883

1909

47,81,10,471

61,83,994

13,19,10,847

12,23.53,464

1910

52,06,74,180

00,03,200

11,02,41,278

10,76,34,005

1911

53,60,07,084

50,20,940

10,93,13,554

11,35,58,637

""■" 1912

60,38,75,947

66,40,778

12,24,08,775

12,11,53,338

Exports:—

1908

70,48,50,291

3,79,47,022

17,78,88,144

19,22.47,990

1909

60,80,66,633

4,73,07,704

12,97,25.954

18,07,26,036

1910

70,48,84,931

4,34,43,755

16,07,87,305

20,27,08,043

1911

78,70,84,194

4,49,83,869

20,86,92,724

21,70,H3,867

1912

86,30,27,628

5,34.21,583

25,43.09,599

23,52.88,715

Bombay

Sind

Rs. i Rs.

68,20,48,31311,40,00,700 58,14,20,591 11,90,46,429 69,23,14,075 10,79,98,280 79.96,41.605 12,04,40,270 92,37,43,72014,21,47,033

53,20,94,155118,24,08,938 47,03,21,7011 8,07,97,990 00,09,30,282 22,40,23,370 68,58,99,903 22,50,58,481 72.55.59,13124,95,83,083

Imports and exports of bullion and specie were as follows