The values of the principal imports from Kabul during 1904-05 were fruits and nuts, 7.9 lakhs; animals (horses, sheep, and goats), 4.4 lakhs; hides (including skins) and ghee, each about 2½ lakhs, the total being 26 lakhs as in the previous year. Exports during 1904-05 improved by 25 lakhs to 69⅓ lakhs. Cattle, sheep, and goats accounted for 8⅘ lakhs of this increase. Cotton fabrics, valued at 38⅓ lakhs (more than two-thirds being of foreign manufacture), increased by 12½ lakhs. The other principal articles were cotton yarn (mostly foreign), 3.2 lakhs, and leather, 2.5 lakhs. The exports of tea (nearly all green tea) were 397,265 pounds Indian, value 1.5 lakhs, 300,384 pounds foreign, value 3.1 lakhs. Among imports from Kandahar during 1904-05, valued at 40⅕ lakhs, were raw wool, 18.8 lakhs; fruits and nuts, 12.2 lakhs; and ghee, 2.6 lakhs, in all of which there has been a larger trade. The exports during 1904-05 reached 36⅓ lakhs, the two principal articles--Indian cottons, 14.7 lakhs, and foreign piece-goods, 10 lakhs--both showing an improvement. The general character of the trade conducted between Afghanistan and India is indicated by the appended list of the principal imports and exports with their values during the last three years in lakhs of rupees: _Exports from Afghanistan._ 1902-03. 1903-04. 1904-05. Lakhs. Lakhs. Lakhs. Cattle 31.31 23.61 33.29 Other animals 36.66 24.41 38.38 Drugs and medicines, including charas 24.01 23.98 20.72 Fruits, vegetables and nuts 37.69 28.59 31.01 Grain and pulse (largely rice) 1.37.73 1.36.64 1.49.78 Hides, skins, and horns 26.70 26.49 35.41 Provisions: ghee 82.78 53.09 64.05 Pickled tea 15.02 17.62 22.06 Seeds (chiefly linseed and rapeseed) 53.28 39.97 34.80 Silk 25.69 20.10 17.44 Spices 13.86 20.25 17.17 Wood and timber, chiefly teak 74.60 86.31 1.22.35 Wool, raw 32.92 23.91 27.05 Woollen goods 14.19 9.47 11.16 _Imports into Afghanistan._