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-J j..r • -hi from 5 per ecu’ at which it formerly
Exports.
K\|*«irt «luty of Ha. 10 jht bundle of hid-*
The to*a! value («: exports :<*r the ve.tr .v.r.ounwd ii.d R>. 2 |n*r basket of dates is charged. The
to »li ns against £1.UV120 in lt*2*»-27. 1’iistnii;* vi.irk is carried on by a European Director
‘•Innying a ile-rease of £l0l,3&* or 1M per (••■lit. of Vuslvii.> under the orders of 15io Htiler of Bahrein.
The p-.tr] trade dm.innted the continental situa-
li«m, The f« -Mowing table show* the movui.ents of Enquiries regarding: Trade.
general uti-nliundis* as compared with p<.irls and
sjrccies The Political Agent, Bahrein, who is in £\iQ
touch wirh the local and mainland affairs, wiJFoe
jhid to answer any enquiries n-garding trade from
Imports.
rtmrcfiant- in the l"titled Kingdom through the
•otmmTes.tl Intelligence Branch of the Board of
j
i _ tea! "I n» r.! Trade. Knqujti-s from India should be niad«* through
V- j* • IVail. j iii> r* Toi.il :he 1 )ir-i*or General of Commercial Intelligence at
Jiw-.
. Calcutta. Time would probably be saved by
addressic the latter official din-et, as information
£ I £ £ 1 £ ok most ordinary matters is available in Isis record.
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i>rs2T U'.».S7« , 15.17i' j IM>IC 1.112 Tie i.sot.sm
t?27.2i 555.•!>*.» 1 11.1 To , ,V-...2'-9 1.159.912 2.iCf>.lfl Shipping.
P.pvni#;* of !*.• -i**J J —T i- -17-1 a: - « !>
IM*’ Ml Cr* r- a—. Thor* i> a regular weekly mail.service from India
I 1 I and bi-we-kly to India. As reported previously,
owing to the abolition of the British Post Office
Exports. Bu'hir-. the practice of s-ndihg mails to India
by upstr.iiner< •'•a Bushin* has- ceased. Thus the
i.*ii «.f r -* number r»1 mails to India reduced from G to 2. This
Tol.il
V-1T !:,:J Hi-: (.»:• l>jor.. somewha- adversely affects the commercial com­
Oi—
munity.
£ £ 1 £ £ General Remarks.
«92'-27 201.2*1 ici>« z:> 1.115 129 Motor roads suitable for light cars exist nearly
;**2:-2* J 97.*15 ’ 150,919 ii* TM •A’l.ac 1,«1«,"!1 all ov*r the Islands. There are about 2».*i motor
fr+u\*t+ <14 In- —Tt-3 , —f-5 — 2V5 -i-i —9-1 cars of various makes and motor cars are available
•ini' or*K>*T«k*>.
on hin. Motor boats ply regularly between Bahrein
and Q:t.a - on :L- uuiulaiiu /:.d also run between
Bahrei i a id Qatif.
Customs.
The tariff is fixed by treaty a: T, j er cent cd valorem
•jl all imports. It J une 1920 on tic advice of the
Government of India the tax on goods landed at (Sd.) C. C*. J. BARRETT,
Bahrein in transit for the mair-land was reduced Political Ayeat, Bahrein.

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