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The total number of Bahrain boa to registered by the Cuatoma
Department was 303. 3 new launches wore built during the year.
Two sailing craft bound for A1 Khobar sunk off the port of
Manama)) owing to a very strong 1 Diurnal' In February. The orew
wore saved but the cargo was lost. In Gepto»..bor a local 'boom'
oaught fire while the engine was on trial In Uananah harbour.
The engine was totally deotroyed. During tho yqur two new
ware-houses were completed with n storage capacity of about
3000 tons each dead weight capacity, A new railway crone was
erected with a lifting capacity of up to 18i tons.
16, yOOl) COHTHOL.
During the yeur the flteto spout over rupees sixty lacs
on buying essential foodstuffs for rosalo to tho puhlla. The
outbreak of hostilities In Korea caused a acure of further
world hostilities amongst the narchunts and the result was
that tlioro wus an outbreak of hurried buying end selling of
commodities wi.th u view to hoarding and profiteering. Prices
reuched alarming heights heforo the Government took action,
first by reducing the margin of profit allowed on cereals, and
secondly by requesting importers to bring into the town 66ji of
'in transit1 cargo. During the first few days of the Arablo
month of Itamadhan, the month during which more moat la consumed
than in cny oilier month of the year, local butchers raised ttys
prloe of meat to u height beyond tho means of Uie working *
classes. The Government called a luuoting of the butchers
and warned them that drastic action would bo taken against them
If they refused to reduce retail prleoB. This action coupled
with perhaps the largest recorded Import of livestock during
one mouth brought prices of moat dpuu to tho lowest level for
the year. The Government, against u certain amount of op­
position by growers, decided to allow the Import of deles Into
Bahrain free of ell Customs charges. The Government alpo
decided to give to importers barter sugar at a rate of Hs.40/-
per bug at a scale of 10 bags for every 1000 buckets of dates
imported. Tills option together w) ll< reports of excellent, crops
hot)) locally end in Ireq kept the piles of dutuo at u level
lower than the previous yeur. The iszuar wi.a well stocked
throughout the yur with ull types o.S co..uni»i.r gooda.
17. B)i)iv■IMt.
(1) Imports and Kxoorta.

A total of 376 freighters and 670 tankers culled at Bahrain
during 1960. There were 867 British, 232 Piitiai;iunloi« and 136
American vessels. Imports of general cargo were 320,786 tons
and exports of general cargo 133,134 tons, hxy.orts of petroleum
products were 6,026,479 tons and 68,887 drums.
(11) Pan-Islanlo 6 teams)) In Co.nnonv.
A Ur. A,A. Ahmad, describing himself os the oeuretury of
the Paii-lslamic Meewshlp Company of Karachi, visited Bahrain
in Jur.o, llo called a meeting of prominent Muslim merchants ana
offered for sale several lukhs of liu,100 shares on belief f ol
his Company, aft<r describing the alms and objects of his
Company. Many of the Aruba promised to purchase shares.
(Ill) Oclndla HtapiB Navi sation Company.
florae representatives of-flclndla fltei m Navigation Company
of Bombay visited Bahrain during tho your to look Into the
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