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ANNEXURE No. 3.—'TABLE OF BOATS AND MEN
EMPLOYED IN THE PEARL FISHERIES OF THE
PERSIAN GULF, 1907.*

Arabian side,

Number
Number of men Country under
of bont9 employed protection (or
Region. District. Port. belonging on tlio virtual protco*
to the boats tion) of which
port. belo the boats are.
port.t
Trucial ’Oman. Rfts-nl- Rams. 3 45 Great Bri­
Khaimah. tain.
Do. Do. Rfis-al-Kkai- 33 707 Do.
mah Town.
Dp. Do. Jazirat-al- 25 608 Do.
Hainra.
Do. Umm-al- Umm-al-Qai- 70 1,759 Do.
Qniwain. wain Town.
Do. Sharjah. Ilnmriyah. 17 269 Do.

Do. ’Ajmfin. ’Ajman Town. 40 781 Do.
Do. Sharjah. llairah. 25 405 Do.
Do. Do. Sharjah Town. 183 • 3.G80 Do.
Do. Do. Khan. 74 1,295 Do.
Do. Dibai. Dibai Town. 336 G.936 Do.
Do. Aim Dhabi Abu Dhabi 410 5,570 Do.
Town (and
minor ports).

In Trucial 'Oman the total number o£ boats is 1,215 and of men
22,045 ; the average crew is thus about 18 men per boat.

• Tho figures given in these tables do not always agreo with thoso given in the
Geographical Volume of the Gazetteer. Numbers of boats fluctuate from year to
year ut any given port according to tho treatment of tho owners, etc., by tho Shaikh
or other authority.

f In soino cnios a number of the mon boloug not to the port but to some other
place; and so throughout ihe remainder of the tables.

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