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121 PERSIAN GULF ADMINISTRATION RETORT
As Mo'nsicur Habib consistently bought pearls at prices exceeding the
market rate, tho other dealers were uuablo to do much business.

A. P. THE VO It, Major,
Political Agent, Bahrain.
Bahrain ;
The loth January 1914. }

Memorandum regarding weather conditions during the year 1913, kindly
furnished by Dr. P. W. Harrison, M D., of the American Mission.
The year of 1913, as shown by tho Bahrain records, has been one of moder­
ate temperatures, scanty rainfall and comparative freedom from high winds.
The maximum temperature for tho yoar was registered, July 15th, and was
103-2°. Eight times in tho courso of the yoar, temperatures higher than 100°
were reported The year’s minimum temperature was registered on February
5th, a temperature of 48-4°.
The rainfall of the year amounted to only 3 35 inches. All of—this except
about one-half an inch fell in the months of January and February, over two-
thirds of tho year’s total being in the latter month. There was a slight shower
in May. A total of inches *54 fell in December.
It has not been a year of violent storms. Only thirteen times in the
course of the year was a wind velocity as high as twenty miles per hour record­
ed. On February 23rd, there was recorded a velocity of thirty miles, which
was the most violent wind of the year. The usual winds have been very light,
and the sea calm.

Summary of Civil eases dealt with in or through the Political Agency, Bahrain, from let January to 31et Detail
1913.

& si 21
■ W| a & 2 a
DI8FOKD OT WITH* -J « 8 ii
OOT WITH XBBEB. ^ d £<3
l fifi is p« *
■4 60
1 *J a!i
Partita. § I s 28« it 18 •Sss Total. Banna
&
31
Claims CUima with* o a o m a? Kj
admitted drawn or s snt 3!
and compromised 3 3ii
settled. oat of Coart. I 111 ra §Jq
% ■S* I*3
m « M
Both parties British subjects 1 4 6 11
British and Bahrain subjocta 5 4 31 4 1 1 a 48
British and Foreign subjects . . 4 7 48 16 1 1 77

Bahrain and Foreign subjects 9 57 105 10 38 37 9 4 269
Both parties Foreigners • • 23 73 172 44 54 14 2 '... 382

Total. 42 145 362 74 94 58 11 6 787