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Report on the Trade of the Bahrain Islands for the year
ending 3 1 st March 1929.

Exports.
Introduction.
A general dcKription of the physical, political Oiwcral
an Commercial peculiarities of the Elands is given Yrar. Sp*dc*. 1‘urh. f*1* 4«■. T«*«l
** I Xt-rrlia».
in O report for the year 1911-12 (Annual Series •*"■**•-!
JUmI '
Ko. 5002). The permanent population is estimated
at 115,000. £ £ £ t
1927-2* I rra.src iiAM.rul
IttS—S* J3v3.-2 1 »*J.72l
Trade. ri\ — XCH» —ne ■4-2-7 I — 2-0
in.rtia««-
The total value of the trade amounted to d^frrw. .1.
£3,110,341 compared with £3,043,222 in 15-27-28 Since many pearls leaving Bahrain are not declared
abowing an increase of £67,119 or 2-2 percent. at all and very few declared at their correct value,
The total value of InijK»rts amounted to £2.1 J6,G1C it is inij»0£sible to give an exact figure for their
as against £2,029.181 in 1927-28 showing an increase E.v|*ort«, but the amount is variously estimated
of £87,435 or 4-3 per cent. The inenase was chielly between II and 2 million jtound*.
in picccgoods, tea, coffee, tobacco, sj>icc6 and baild- Customs.
ing materials. The tariff is fixed by treaty at 5 per cent, valorem
It is interesting to note that while there was a on all ini port if. In June 1920 on the advice of the
decrease in the import of picccgcods last year, it Government of India the tax on poods larded at
shows au increase of £42,533 during the year under Bahrain in transit for the mainland was reduced to
report. 2 per cent., from 5 j*t cent, at which it femierly
It will be seen that cotton, goods va^aed at £233.140 stood. Export duty of lU. 10 per bundle -of bides
an? shown ai imported from Iudia. This is mislead­ and Rs. 2 p^-T basket of dates is charged. The
ing as the bulk* of the cargo imported from the Customs work is carri«d on by an European Director
United Kingdom arrives viJ India and consequently of Customs under the orders of the Ruler «£ Bahrain.
appears under this heading.
Enquiries Regarding TrcdLe.
The Political Agent, Bahrain, who if- la close
touch with iLc local and mainland affaire, will be
Pearl Industry. gfad to answer any enquiries regarding trade from
A general description of this Icidn=try is given in merchants ini the United Kingdom through the
tLis Agency Trade Report for the year 1927-28. Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of
Trade. Enquiries from India should be made
through the Director General of Commercial Intelli­
gence at Calcutta. Time would, probably he saved
Exports.
by addre&f-ing the latter official dimrt, as inhere a ti on
The total value of Exports during the year on most orain-ary matters is available in bis records.
amounted to £993,725 as against £I/>14,041 in 1927-
23 showing a decrease of £20,316 or 2 per cent. Shippi
The pearl trade dominated the commerical situa­ There is a regular weekly mail service fm India
tion. The following table shows the movements of and bi-weekly to India. A« reported previously
general merchandise as compared with pearls and owing to the abolition of tbe British Fast Office at
species:— Busbire, the practice of sending mails to ladia by
ap-sreamcni rui Budn're has ceased. Thus the
Imports. number of mails to India reduced from C to 1 This
somewhat adversely affects the commercial comm­
i T«/«l unity.
c/ *;«aer*l
\tu. Pf*rtf | |mt1> Xrrrh.*- TW*I General Kemtrb.
dk. IiH’jrt. Motor road& suitable for cam and forties over
J •f-'**-
tbe greater part of the islands. There are about
290 motor cars of various makes and motor ears
£ £ £ £ £
ic:-2i US.409 11.170 X*XV* j I.459.W1* £j<9.189 are available on hire. Motor boats fity regularly
etcva ass.ut t7.«a 410.80 j 1.7o5,7v7 2.116,816 between Bahrain ax-J Qatar on the mainUad and
also run between Bahrain and Qttif and Ojiir.
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