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CHAPTER III.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1873-1905.
(i) MATERIAL PROGRESS OF THE COUNTRY.

130. We give below a synopsis of events and facts (taken from the Gulf
Residency Administration Reports) that have bearing on the internal material
progress of the people on the Arab Coast:—
Year. Events and facts.
1878-79 . . Thfl township of Debai had of late years increased in population
aud importance and it wa3 now the most considerable part
on the coast. Abu Thabi had, on the other hand, decreased.
The combined number of boats of all sorts and sizes on this
coast was estimated at about 2,000, giving employment to
6omo 40,0(>0 persons. A table printed as appendix to Part II
of the Gulf Administration Report for 1878-79 (pages 40-41)
shows approximately the relative prosperity of the different
ports.
1880-81 . . The following table in the Administration Report for 1880-81
gives an estimate of the population of the chief ports on the
Pirate Coast, number of boats, eto.-

Table furnished by the Acting Agent in 1831.
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d ■s 4 j
Natan of Town*. o 1 Pi I i Biuiua.
Ji a 5 i i
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Raa-el-Khaimah . 7,000 70 2,000 7 1,600 60 500 One-third of the population
are Negro Sowahilee and
aixty Abyaainiana.
1 Jereerat-el-Hamrah 2,500 60 2,000 20 600 One-fifth of the inhabitants
are Sowahilee Negroes.
Umm-el-Kawain . 4,000 45 1,600 3 300 40 1,200 One-tenth Sowahilee Negroes
and forty persons Abya-
I El-Hamreeyah . 600 27 600 60 One Negro to every fifteen
individuals.
El-Ajman • . 2,000 66 1,600 2 32 200 One-fourth Sowahilee Ne­
groes and fifteen Abya-
siniaae.
Shargah 3,500 190 2,000 6 600 62 600 One-third Sowahilee Negroea
! and thirty persons Abja- i
ainiane.
El-Khan 800 36 800 1 22 One Sowahilee for every
eight individuals.
Debaye -. 12,000 460 8,000 7 2,000 200 1,000 One-third Sowahilee Ne­
groea and ninety Abya-
einians.
Abn-Zbabbee . 4.0C0 260 3,000 2 160 600 One-fourth Sowahilee Ne­
groes.
Eraidea Beni-Yae there are
subject to the chief of
Abu-Zhabbee portions of
the tribea El-Mszara'a,
El-Jfubevaat, El-Muba-
dabah, EI-S»odan, El-Rey-
that, Al-bu-Maheyr and
Al-bo-Fallah.
The firet three are eometimos
troublesome.
4433 F. O.