§ EARL PERCY (Kensington, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India 1245 whether he can state the value of the import and export trade between Persia and India by the Nushki route for the years 1896–1901.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingThe following are the figures since April 1897, when the Nushki trade was first separately recorded:—
1897–98. 1898–99. 1899–1900. 1900–01. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Imports into British Beluchistan through Nushki. 3,65,608 3,46,824 6,82,019 7,48,021 Exports from do. 2,84,321 3,81,258 5,53,393 7,86,431 Total Trade Rs. 5,89,929 7,28,082 12,35,412 15,34,452