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L'iscellaneous.

Local Industries.
Boat building.— The slump in tlve pearl trade lies,
affected the boat building industry very severely.

Some years ago tills was a thriving trade and Bahrain

built motor launches and sailing craft were exnorted
to various Gulf ports, The decline in boot building

is portly due to ther-* being so many second hand neorling
boats for sale at abnormally low prices.

Sail making.— Sailcloth is made on hand looms in
two or three villages in the neighbourhood of Budeya.

This trade still continues but is less profitable than
it used to be owing to the fall in the cost of sailcloth.

It was found that very serviceable ’TDhurries!l could be
made locally at a lower urice than those previously

imported from India, About 150 of these ITDhurriestf

were recently made locally for the Bahrain Police.
Eastern 3ank.
The new Eastern Bank was opened on 35th June 1932.

E. E. Shaikh lianad and a number of local merchants and

notables attended the opening, The new Bank was built
by an Ira^i contractor, it occupies a site on the sea­

side of the sea road west of the Customs Pie; and is
built of stone and cement.
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