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Peorl industry.

of knowing about later transactions between nakhudas
and taajars or between local merchants and foreign
buyers and in each transaction the value of the goods
increases.

The following is a comparison of the lust four
seasons founded on the sources which 1 have mentioned above

ana 1 have added to it a statement of importations of pearls
into United States over four years shewing the three best
months of the year which may be of interest.

Total no. of Total v.'-lue
Bahrain boats 9f pearls
registered for in rupees
diving.

1347/1348 538
1348/49 509 21,25,000/-
1349/50 504 18,32,000/-

1350/51 456 12,14,000/-

• This sum is arrived at by taking an average on the
total number of boats diving from the actual sums accounted

for by the diving clerks from the boats whose accounts they
made up. Only about 3/4th of the boats have their accounts

made up by the authorised clerks.
:
Prom this it appears that the average production of
a boat decreased by about 27jS from last yearfs production.
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Imports(shown in dollars)into the United States.

year « July August i Septr i Total
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1929 i 1,261,309 | 440,120 | 1,480,474 j 3,181,903
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1930 357,323 j 211,087 632,591 j 1,201,901
1931 £5,279 ! 51,639 127,742 ! 004,650
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1932 27,768 J 23,000 111,322 j 162,090
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