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Hour is steaany driving lnaiun wheat Hour,
oi better quality, out oi the morKet, ana the
poorer classes are no* consuming much more
wheat nour than lormeny, ana consequently
much .'ess inaian rice.
oirect transhipment, •me collections iron
airect transhipment cargo have mcreasea
because the volume of this trailic has mcreasea
ana it is liKeiy to increase m the coming year
as it is liKeiy that certain restrictions upon
the quantity permittea to be transhippea by
oversiaes aeiivery within the port may be
removea. This wmbeneiit a larger number oi
merchants operating m this ntrKet ana increase
competition upon the mainiana, but it win aiso
greatly increase the appraisal worK in the
customs, as much more oi this wor* win have
to be aone aboara the steamers, which win
necessitate an increase in the customs stall
to cope with it.
Japanese Gqqqs. attention in previous reports
ha^ft been arawn to the activity oi Japanese
traaing enterprise m Bahrain, aha the ioiiowmg
summqiy 01 vaiue oi Japanese imports into Bahrain
is or interest

Comparison oi Japanese imports,
vyear enainr cist march;

Commodity. Iear l^oo. lear 1304. lear 1300.

Bunaing materials b,bbo/- go,46o/-
colouring materials obo / — i,u4o/- i^tX;/ -
cotton piecegocas bbo,4iu/- 4o6,b4v/- 60b , obo/ —
china-narthen-end
Glassware id,ibp/“ Oi,bOO/- b6 , b3U/ -
trtaeewore cutiery
* ana hardware 4io/- b,b6u/- 4 ,sbu/-
Cycles i,ooo/-
Cycles spares buo/- n (l0/~ 37o/-
Haheraashery ic hosieryi4,bbu/- o8,bby/-
Eousehoia goods 6,uuu/- 6&,42u/- b4,0OO/-
Leather gooas 0,670/- 11,36U/- 16,030/-
itedicines sGo/- *40/-
Xatches b,74u/- bb,o7u/- 4,6bu/-
tiotor spares bo/ -
uiis, essences o,bbu/-
rrovisions 3bo/- b,46o/- 0. 0»u/-
rerfumery bu /- iio/-
silken ana artifi­
cial silken gooas i57,4Gu/- i64,6o0/- bb7,ibo/-
Twist ana yarn zbu/- bbU/- i.Oio/-
nearing apparel o4u/- 1, u60/-
woolen gooas i,b8o/- i4,7bu/- b2,a4u/-
Rice {Old Rangoon; c. 54,ii6y/-
Vegetable ghee 6,a3u/-
Fruits, canned
Tea iu/-

...» 777,5bo/- objL,A3W/- i0,4ii,6j.u/-