Page 580 - Bahrain Gov Annual Reports (I)_Neat

-8- I • i u
578
Bahruin sailing crait soia to
other ports Vi
oia sailing crait broKen up o4
ula stebji launch broKen up 1
oaiuntj cral*t lost at sea o
burnt at sea i
comiscatea in
xersia c
motor crait connscatea in
iersia 1
TOtai lib

As an onset against the Bahrain crait so id
to foreign ports, tl sailing crait ana foi_
motor l&uncnes were brought to ana regis­
tered in Bahrain; ana, against the o5 craft
broxen up, new sailing craft ana one
motor launch were built locally, ana auiy
registerea.

The bostbunaing industry is m a state of
aepression, consequent Upon the aepression
in‘the pearling industry.
The visits or foreign native crait to this
port may be comparea as foixows:-

origin lear io5<s Year i^5b.

Arabian mainland 6iu 06o
nuv/ait vO It
oman uoast lUt xob
rersian coast obi l Vo
•Iraq 16t loi
india 6b 4b
xxfrica 7 7
l,44b l,uOO

This reauction is somewhat disappointing, as
it is important for the wen being of many
poor people in uahrain that the native craft
traffic shouia be active, ana so maintain
local employment. it is expiainea to some
extent by yi; an increase m steamers- cargoes
aue to the reauction in the cost oi freight
by the jj.l-a-Si.'JO., i,td.. ana {tj certain
monopolies aeciarea by the Iranian govern­
ment having hampered the cross-guif traffic,
ana reaucea to practically one hail.
Mother factor in connection with the mdin-
iana traffic is that coasting crait are Carry­
ing commodities lanaea at ir Dai where xnere
is no import auty, ana consequently such gooas
wm be siightiy cheaper in cost than n they
were lanaea at Bahrain.
i?or some years there has been an opinion that
native crafts carrying exports from Bahrain
shouia carry mannests oi their cargo, it
is now thought that thi time is ripe for the
introduction of this system in Bahrain ana