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rities on tlie pearl fisheries of the Persian Gulf.

side—contd.

I'xcmpHona lu Cost of town
Oross rovonuo rupoes.* (Nuoibor Not rovonuo guard in rupcoe.
of port, in of oxomptad boats of port, in (Numbor Disposal of balance after ^*7lng
rupees. and inon in rupcci. of guards In town guards, and r
braokoti.) brackote.)
1,600 Nil. 1,600 Nil. Tho wholo in tnlcon by fcho
local Shaikh, but out of it ho
pays Rs. 832 (on acoount
of particular boats) to
tho Shaikh of Sharjah.
30,698 10,222 (71 20,476 • 378 Tho wholo balance of
boats and : (30 mon). Hs. 20,008 is fnken by tho
1,317 mou). i ruling Shaikh of Sharjah.

6,252 1,286 (16 boats 4,966 Nil. The local Shaikh takes tho
and 268 men). wholo aud pays half
(Rs. 2,483) to the Shaikh
! of Sharjah.
41,388 20,628 (210 20,860 ! Nil. The wholo Is takon by the
boats and (100 Bedouin ruling Shaikh of Dibai.
3,813 men). ; guards arc
paid bj ex*
einptod boats).

43,964 2,004 (21 boats 41,960 j 1,450 The whole is taken by the
and 315 men.) ruling Shaikh of Abu
Dhabi. Besides the dues
speoifiod the Shaikh derives
some additional revenues
from the pearl fisheries
and trade.

friends, officials andsorvauts of the Shaikh,
the sale of pearls by Nakbudas.
levied when war is apprehended.
tax by houses, whence the name.
originally taken to defray tho cost of repairs to fortifications.
of the wholo take at the end of tho season, leaving the other half to bo divide