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III. Movement of Steamers. During the year 1357, three hundred and
fifty-one steamers visited Bahrain, as compared with three hundred and forty-six in
1356, and two hundred and fifty-one in 1355, an increase of one hundred steamers
in two years. Deducting tankships calling here for oil products the number of com-
mercial steamers would be Two hundred and eighty-two, as compared with two
hundred and sixty-two in 1356, an increase of twenty, which may be classified as
follows :—

NATIONALITY. Year 1356 Year 1357

British : B.I.S.N. Coy. Ltd. 147 149
Strick-Ellerraan 34 38
Asiatic S. N. Coy. Ltd. 1 5
British Tanker Coy Ltd. 18 20
Kaye S. S. Coy LtdN on (Japanese Charter) 0 3
200 215
German : Hansa Line 27 29

Japanese: Mitsui Line 11 6
Yaraashita Line 9 12
Italian : Lloyd-Triestino 0 1

Dutch : Pacific-Java-Silver Line 9 12
Unistates: Isthmian Line S.S. Coy Ltd. 6 7
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262 282
Tankships : various 84 69
Totals 346 351

NATIONALITY OF TANKSHIPS. Year 1356 Year 1357

Norwegian 25 31
Italian 19 9
British 8 4
Panama 8 5 ;
Japanese 7 1
Danish 7 i 11
Dutch 5 i 7
Swedish 5 i 0
Unistates 0 1
Totals 84 69

To the above total of tankships there may be added eight of the above oom-
mercial ships which took away exports of oil produots, thus making the 1357 total to
be 77.
The approximate quantity of oil products in tons exported in 1357 was
7,36,292 tons (including 15,054 tons pumped into the bunkers of Pacific-Silver-Java
steamers) as compared with 7,66,456 tons in 1356, the latter quantity being mainly
orude oil, as oompared with refined oil produots in 1357.