It will be observed that the figures of the exports of Coal from Bengal and of the exports into Bombay Sind and Burma as well as the figures of the imports of Rice and Kerosene oil into Bengal and of the exports of the same from Burma do not correspond even approxmately. [...] I have therefore requested the Collector of Customs Rangoon to furnish a list of the numbers of shipping bills relating to the shipments in each of the last six months of the official year 1901-02 in order to compare them With the numbers recorded in this office to ascertain 4—Seaborne Trade"PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 1903. [...] tons tons Indra. 4th April. Bombay 8 486 8 486 Itola. 29th March. 6 859 6 859 Uinta. 8th April )1 7 200 7 200 Onipenta. 10th „. 7 400 7 400 Obra. 12th „. 7 541 7 541 Ranee. 19th „.. 5 307 5 307 S'cindia. 12th „ 5 1 050 900 Knight Templer. 17th 0 6 001 6 001 Nizam. 18th „ 0 900 900 lkhona. 26t [...] 23] Discrepancies in the Coasting Trade Accounts trade returns from the Bills of Entry put in by the public at the time of passing the goods into town or into the godowns at the bandar the clearances in this manner extending occasionally over one or two months beyond the time of the arrival of the vessels. [...] 71 (Statistical) of 1903 dated 6th February last I have the honour to report that in order to reconcile the figures of exports of Rice from Burma with those of imports into Madras particulars were obtained from the Chief Collector of Customs Burma in respect of shipments of rice from Rangoon to all the ports in the Madras Presidency during the last six months of the year 1901-02.
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