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Numbor
Number of men Country undor
of boots employed
Region. District. Port. belonging on (he protection (or
boils
to iho bclon vlrtuol protec­
tion) of which
port. C‘ tho boots ore.
to t
port.
Iiaea Sanjfiq. Jinnah aud 12 175 Turkey.
M uaallamiyah
Islands.
Do. Qalif Oasis. .’Awilimyah. 5 90 Do.
Do. Do. Bnhari. 7 112 Do.
I
Do. Do. Dabaibiyalt. 4 84 Do.
Do. Do. Itawaikib. 5 114 Do.

Do. Do. Qatif Town 4 80 Do.
(Fariq-al-
Maqbarah).
Do. Do. Qudaib. 10 185 Do.
Do. Do. Sai hut. 3C 500 Do.
Do. T&rut Island. Darin. 16 367 Do.
Do. Do. Fan\ah. 7 122 Do.

Do. Do. Sandhis. 08 1,565 Do.

In Ha^a the total numbor of boats is 167, and of the men 3,444 ;
the average crew is thus about 21 men per boat.

Numbor of Number of moil Country under
boats befoul­ employed on tho protection (or
Region. District. Port. ing to the boats belonging Tlrluel promo­
port. to the port. tion) of which
tbc boats are.
Kuwait. Kuwait Town 461 9,200 Great Britain.

In Kuwait the average crew is thu6 about 20 men per boat.
Number of
Number of inou employed Countrj undei
boats
which tho
Region. District. Port. belonging to on the boats protection of
tbc port. belonging to bcot6 ore.
the port.
TurkMt'IrSq Nil. Nil. Turkey.

Thus, on the Arabian side, the total number of boats owned and
employed in the pearl fisheries is at the present time about 3,577.
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