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dhows with a tonnage of -3,433 tons called at Bushire and
167 dhows yrith a tonnage of 3,955 left the port. Part of
this trade was between Bushire and Bahrain and Trucial
Coast ports and conducted on a barter system. Livestock,
ghl, fruit, and vegetables were exchanged for sugar, tea,

and general goods, This arrangement was mutually
convenient, since supplies of livestock, ghi, etc’. 1.were

greatly needed on the Arab coast to feed populations
swollen by the influx of labour for vital war construction
projects while the Persian coast lacked sugar, tea, and
all kinds of consumer goods.
(e) The cost of living continued very high as

the following list of commodity prices reveals
Cost in rials per Kllopramme.
December 1939 December 1943 December *44
Meat (mutton) 2.25 20.00 21.00

Ghee 10.00 67.50 99 .00
Rice 3 .00 20 .00 15.60
Tea 44.00 160 .00 24a 00
Sugar 4 .00 95 .00 60 .00

Flour .60 8 .00 9 .00
Barley .60 4.50 5.50

Potatoes 1.60 6 .00 9 .00
Uilk 1.30 4.60 5.60
Charcoal .50 7.00 5f50
Wheat .60 7.75 8.50

Dhal 1.00 27.00 12.00
Onions .75 3.00 5.00
Firewood .25 2.50 2.50
Fish 1.25 9.50 12.00

Dated 1.49 5.25 3.00
Coffee 11.25 45.00 45.00

Butter 10.00 (unobtainable) 80,00