+-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | | 1892-93. | 1893-94. | 1894-95. | 1895-96. | +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | | | | | | | | Rupees. | Rupees. | Rupees. | Rupees. | | Imports | 234,428 | 335,849 | 299,090 | 410,541 | | Exports | 297,657 | 328,172 | 309,762 | 257,002 | +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | Combined values | 532,085 | 664,021 | 608,852 | 667,543 | +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ [TN: Table continues] +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | | 1896-97. | 1897-98. | 1898-99. |1899-1900.| +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | | | | | | | | Rupees. | Rupees. | Rupees. | not | | Imports | 418,405 | 309,299 | 329,917 |specified | | Exports | 227,376 | 163,785 | 263,884 | — | +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | Combined values | 645,781 | 473,084 | 593,801 | 714,318 | +-----------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ On the whole the fiscal policy of the present Amir encourages the belief that, in time, many of the existing obstacles to free commercial intercourse with India will be removed. The small benefits already offered to Indian merchants have produced immediate response and the prospect of further concessions is widely appreciated. Trade exports from Kabul during 1904-05 alone increased by 25 lakhs of rupees, the volume of trade proceeding from Kandahar showing an improvement no less emphatic. The total value of exports and imports combined, since indications of a more liberal fiscal policy first were manifested, in lakhs of rupees, is shown in the following table: 1900-01. 1901-02. 1902-03. 1903-04. 1904-05. Lakhs. Lakhs. Lakhs. Lakhs. Lakhs. Southern and Western Afghanistan 58.19 68.54 53.48 68.02 76.53 Northern and Eastern Afghanistan 48.01 61.00 63.99 70.56 95.36