Report on the Maritime Trade of the Province of Sind for 1914-1915

The Commissioner in Sind has the honour to submit the accompanying report (received on the 9th instant) on the Maritime Trade of the Province of Sind for the year ending 3t st March 1915. [...] The following statement shows in tabular form the sea-borne trade of the Province of Sind both Foreign and Coasting for the five years from 1910-I i tc 1914-15 and compares the last two years' figures. [...] At the beginning of the year there were already indications of a decline in the world's trade but the war overshadowed all other features and a comparisonof the figures for the year just ended with those of former years shows the marked effect of the great conflagration on the trade of the Province. [...] export of Foreign merchandise) and Export trade of the port of Karachi under four main heads for the last five years and compares the last two. [...] The following table compares the last two years' imports of the chief items of the main heading and shows a decrease of Rs.