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PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES
IMPORTS 1954
Commodity. Quantity. Value Rs.
Rice cwts. 5,62,892 204,68,366
Wheat cwts. 15,116 3,94,898
Flour cwts. 1,71,591 40,57,118
Tea cases 99,575 119,61,443
Coffee bags 8,947 47,29,396
Sugar, Soft cwts. 1,72,068 49,98,669
Piece-goods :
Cottons Rs. 106,42,012/-
Woollens 28,35,842/-
Silks .. 39,61,710/-

VISITS OF NATIVE CRAFT
From. Year 1954
Arabian Mainland Ports 173
Kuwait 38
Oman Coast 215
Iran Coast •: 870
Iraq :: 44
India :: 57
Africa 24
Qatar 52
Total 1,473

BAHRAIN CRAFT REGISTRATIONS
Motor
Wooden Steel Launches Sailing Total.
Barges. Barges. and S. Barges. Craft.
YEAR 1954 :
Registered up to end of 1372 11 90 268 817 1186
YEAR 1954 :
New Built in Bahrain during 1954 5 5
New Brought from Holland by Kaneos 4 1 5
New Brought from U.K. by BAPCO.. 3 3
New Brought from U.K.by Anglo-
Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd. 1
New Brought from Basra (Iraq) by
M/s Grey, Mackenzie and Co. Ltd. I 1
pld, brought from foreign ports for hire 11 2 13
1
Old, formerly used for fishing ..
11 94 290 820 1215
Old craft fitted with engines .. 18 18
Total 11 94 308 802 1215
LESS : 4
Lost at Sea 2 2
Useless—broken up 4 4
Useless—destroyed 7 12 19
I
Removed to other ports by PDQ. I
10 18 28
Actual number of craft registered in 1187
Bahrain up to the end of 1954 11 94 298 784
Total 11 94 308 802 1215