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Currency.—Kuwait has no currency of its own, but uses
Indian rupees and rupee notes, Maria Theresa dollars, which
averaged an exchange value of 1-13 per 100 United States dollars
in 1020-27 and 1-W per 10(1 dollars in 1027-28, are used for all deal­
ings with the Arab interior.
There is a British post and telegraph office.
Trade.—The principal imports in order of value in 1927-28
were:—(1) Sugar; (2) cotton piece-goods; (8) rice; (4) coffee.
The following table shows the imports from the principal
countries into Kuwait in the three years named : —

1925-26 1926-27 1927-28

£ £
India -..! 31K.259 228,525 272.247
Iraq ... —! * 44.SUH 57.094 62.517
Persia ! 39.001 45.233 47.426
I
Accotdmg to customs statistics India supplies the vast majority
r.f the four principal articles of imports, hut it may be considered
dint sugar mainly comes from java and that Great Britain supplies
at least a quarter of the piece-goods.
Thr principal exports are specie and pearls respective!v.
Below are the exports to the principal countries in the. three
v«-ars named:—

1925-26 1926-27 1927-28
£ £ £
Irviia 66.746 23.864 88.530
Persia S3.263 2.238 52.382
Arab Coast ... 41.414 4.463 49.733

India takes practically all the pearls'and specie exported.
I lie total trade for the three years was
1925-26 1926-27 1927-28
£ £ £
694.760 439.542 629,447