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 188 PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURES

on its part will help to increase the exports, for much that cannot be taken out of the country, now that everything has to be carried 196 miles by road, would be exported if railway carriage were available. Apples and pears to the extent of 90,000 maunds, or 8210 tons, are exported annually, besides from 10,000 to 20,000 maunds of other fruit. Rice and maize exports vary greatly according to the demand in the Punjab. The export of ghi or clarified butter amounts to 720 tons. Potatoes are an increasingly important export, and the demand for them is certain to rise. Hides and skins to the amount of some 350 tons are annually exported. The export of linseed varies greatly in amount. Silk, wool, and woollen goods are also exported, besides a few miscellaneous articles, and some 4000 live animals, mostly sheep and goats. In addition, from ten to twelve lakhs of rupees’ worth of timber are floated down the river.

Altogether the exports from the Kashmir valley, including timber, amount to about £850,000 in value.

Cotton piece-goods are the chief imports into Kashmir. Some are the coarse, but rough and well-wearing products of the Punjab peasants, but most are the products of Manchester, and are worn by the Srinagar and other townspeople.