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year 1343 year 1349
Commodity quantity Value . quantity Value
average average

Rice 3,76,533 cwts 37,?6,5330/,3,81,693 33,32^190/-
77k eat 20,596 " 1,63,760/- 22,168 1,15,050/-
Cotton
piece goods 25,87,780 10,90,590
Silk
piece goods 1,98,050 1,24,960

Loaf sugar 61,701 bags 9,23,930 24,531 3,01,030
Soft sugar 94,269 c*t 7,80,470 87,000 6,35,800
Tea 6,953 c/s 5,15,540 8,661 5,26,190
Flour 36,746 cwts 3,54,720 47,847 2,72,170
Coffee 9,611 bags 10,26,380 8,219 6,46,730

In regard to the comparison of collections, it is pleasing
to note that receipts from imports by native craft shew only

a very slight decrease. This proves the steadiness of the
inter-coastal traffic, and justifies efforts made to en­

courage the development of the motor-cargo-launch, Two
of such craft now ply regularly between Bahrain and huwait,
and irregularly, as cargo and passengers offer, between
Bahrain 8nd D^bai.

The reasons for the decrease in the Customs receipts are
(l) the world’s trade depression which has hit the pearl
trade so seriously(2) last year’s pearling season v/as bad,

and the tajirs had very little fresh stock to offer for sale:
(3) the price of rice and wheat and flour from India has,
during the past half year shrunk to quite one half of the

previous year’s price (4) lack of money has prevented the
purchase of so much piece .^oods as before (5) the export
trade in loaf sugar has practically ceased following upon

the bankruptcy of the principal firm speculating in this
commodity (6) generally, there has been a shrinkage in
wholesale values of imports.