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Number
Number of men Country under
of boats employed protection (or
Kcgion. District. Port. bdoi ou the virtual protec­
boats
to it' bolo nKlng tion) of which
port. to too tho boats arc.
port,

Bahrain. Bahrain Is­ Jasairah. 11 154 Great Bri­
land. tain.
Do. Do. Jaon. 23 474 Do.

Do. Do. Jubailat. 23 368 Do.
Do. Do Jufair, 15 256 Do.
Do. Do. Ma’amir. 17 283 Do.
Do. Do. Ras-ar- 19 3*17 Do.
Runnnan.

Do. Do. Sauubis. 30 434 Do.
Do. Do. Sharaibah. 13 195 • Do.
Do. Do. Zallaq. 16 224 Do,
Do Muharraq Busaitin. 32 629 Do.
Island.
Do. Do. Dnir. 21 378 Dq

Do. Do. Hadd. 167 3,146 Do.

Do. Do. Muharraq 282 6,682 Do.
Town.
Do. Do. H&lat-an-Na’- 61 1,172 Do.
im and H&lat-
88*Sulutah.
Do Do. Q&lftli. 21 441 Do.
Do. Do. Samahij. 11 186 Do.
Do. Do. Uinm-ash- 12 231 Do.
Shajar.
Do. Nabt S&lih 10 130 Do.
Island.
Do. Sitrab Island. 22 308 Do.

In Bahrain the total number of boats is 917 and of men
17,683; the average crew is thus about 19 men per boat.