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NATIONALITY OF TANICSHIPS. Year 1357. Year 1358.

Norwegian 31 57
Danish 11 18
Dutch 7 9
Panama 5 7
Italian 9 5
United States 1 4
South Africa 1
British 4 1
Japanese 1

Total 69 102

Note: Kerr. S.S. Coy’s, vessels. Pacific-Java-Silver vessels.
British 3 Dutch 5
Norwegian 4 Norwegian 3

Of the above steamers, two hundred and thirty called at Manamah, and
one hundred and seventy-six called at Sitrah.
There is now a double service of B.I.S.N. Coy’s, steamers at Manamah, one
fast mail up and down, and one slow mail up and down, every week; and, as may be
expected, the majority of the passenger traffic to and from India now passes on the
fast mail. Another improvement in traffic occurs through mail being carried when
possible upon the fast mail. In this connection it is curious to observe that while
parcels sent from India to Bahrain proceed to Bahrain upon the fast mail the
parcols for Bahrain sent from Europe proceed by the fast mail to Karachi only,
where they appear to be re-sorted, and sent to Bahrain on the subsequent fast mail.
This explains the delay in arrival at Bahrain of European parcels, which causes
local complaint.
The approximate quantity of oil products in tons exported in 1358 was
8,90,971 tons, as compared with 7,36,292 tons in 1357, which includes the re-export
of products of crude oil imported from Arabia.
I give below a comparison of the quantities of cargo brought to this port by
cargo steamers (as distinguished from tankships) during the past year.