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quite a number of craft are regularly built for sale to
other porta. There are 23 motor driven craft in this port;
and the tondency is to build the larger type of extra-port
joliboat and to equip it with a Bri tieh Mo tor Engine, This

has proved diotinctly xjc£ successful for cargo work between
this State and mainland Porto and I think such construction
will increase.
Rent of Government Lands. There ia a marked decrease
in these collections due to the gift of a large number
of dategordene to members of the&awasir tribe, who have
recently settled in Budaiya the rents on which would

therefore cease.
General. This Port is mainly served, both for
passengers and cargo by steamers; but it is satisfactory
to note that there does not seem to be any marked decrease
in the number of native craft using the port. Certain
adjustments of Customs regulations have assisted such

native craft merchants in their trading.
r The port is mainly served by the British India Steam
i Navigation Company, Ltd., whose steamers call here weekly
with the u pm ail, and fortnightly with the down mail. It
\ would be of assistance to merchants in their financial
transactions if the downmail called here weekly, and I
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am of opinion that this i3 the busiest port in the Persian
M i Gulf.
The British Tanker Co. Ltd’s steamers call here
monthly to replenish stocks of A.P.O. Coy. Ltd’s oil, which
has a ready sale here in a large quantity.
I ' Hansa line steamers call here bimonthly with general
II! European cargo.

•* i * The Strick Line Ltd’s steamers call here irregularly,
n generally about every three months with general cargo mainly
of British origin. I consider that trade between this
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