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This year, LSSl^is the second one in which the
export to j£hraiixpersis of grain in bulk has fsiled.
It is said that the reason for this was the lack of
rain in Persia dnd possibly the customs restrictions
there upon exports; but the export thence of sheen
and goats to this State still continues, thouch not
in so large a quantity as formerly. Tne collections
upon live-stock for tne year 1350'were Is 2,468/- but
in 1351 these amounted to Rs 1,852/- only.

In the year 1350, 1571 native craft visited this
nort of which 633 came from Persia; while in 1351,
1573 native craft came here of which only 445 were
from Persia. The export trade in tea and sugar has
correspondingly languished; and in this trade a steady*
nart was taken by the big sailing motor craft of the
Shaikh of Tibben, which plied regularly between that
port and Bahrain. Unfortunately for the Shaikh,
during last y&sw&s winter his craft was burnt at sea
and became a'total loss, and it has not yet been
replaced.

Another check to this export trade was recently
given by the capture on the high seas of a Bahrain
motor craft, which was suspected by the Persian patrols
of smugglinc roods and passengers out of Persia;’ and
I have'Heard that the captured crew were hanged in
detail at the various sea ports between Bushire and
Bunder Abbas.

In place of the Persian wheat, there has come
forward a steadily increasing quantity of wheat from
Iraq, which is cheaper than Indian rough wheat, and
consequently the import of this latter commodity has
also ceased.

Of the 1,573 native craft which visited t.;is
port last year.-
50 craft came from Kuwait
196 Iraq
47 India
16 Africa
140 Oman
679 TT Arabian mainland
445 from Persia,
Local craft. At the en' of tne year 1351. there we
registe^in Bahrain 1,217 sailing craft ana 63 motor
launches. This figure includes 458 sailing craft
registered for pearling most of which are expected to
go out this season, though there have been a number
of sales of craft to foreign ports since the last
wiffal. The boat-building industry is languishing
for want of orders for new craft* # and this is to be
expected after several poor pearling seasons. In
1342 there were 617 craft registered for pearling.
For last year’s pearling season 275 local craft
were reg ister ed as working on the ’ TChum mos" system;
registered as working pn the "Khummos" system;
and the'majority of these did not Pay their license
dues before the Rakbah, but were permitted by the
Depute Ruler to rive ?Tsanadrt for payment of the dues
after several journeys out to the banks; two journeys
ifee'h T% fesensees interpreted