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is thus seen to lie low but the people on the whole lwn interest in the sanitation arid general welfare
are liappv and npjiear content enough with their of liis people.
lot. The cost of living is cheap. A quarter of an PART in.
anna will l»uv a large loaf of bread while Japan
supplies the wherewithal to clothe a man at amaz­
ingly low price8. Exchange.
JO. Eiii/Soi/wcnf. Pearl fishing is the chief
iidustry of the inhabitants of tin* town. Apart I Kat* re*
from some 2,000 jktsoiis engaged in business and I
|i“* M«ri«
other minor occupations, the rest <»f the jxipulatiou Mrnllt*. . Tbn-a I Sorcrrljr*-
dtjicnil for their livelihood on j**arl lishing directly I 1 fc.ll.ru. i
or indirectly. ______ i__
The |H*arl season starts about tlie end of May and ! Rn. a. f.
continues for the l>est part of the Summer. The K\ a. r.
Kuwait ]H*arIiug fleet consists of 700 boats but only April. 1035 . 1.13 S I' ! 22 3 0
20(1 to 3<iO Ixiats put to sea in recent vara. The May.1935 . ! 133 2 O 22 3 0
jx-arl trade absorbs about 0 to 7 thousand men in .lune. 1035 . IXS « u 22 3 «l
various, capacities. re... Xakhuda.s of I suits, divers
and haulers. .Inly. 1015 . ! 135 4 ft 22 2 0
An additional one thousand jsTsons find employ­ Aiijii*!, l!Ci . 132 15 0 22 2 «»
ment in subsidiary trades like manufacture »if boat S |.i«-m1wr. 11*35 132 7 0 [ 22 0 0
sails. ro]K*s. fish oil, etc. (h ihImt. iscs IM 6 n 22 0 ti
Since, as mentioned al>ove the pearl season lasts .\»\<-mbr-r. 1935 i 130 o ft , 22 4 o
only for alrout fi\e months in flic year, divers and !
odiers have to look for employment in other direc­ |lrt«Til»^T. 1X15 133 3 0 I 22 4 il
tions for the remainder of the time. A Unit half .lannnry. 1106 127 S O 22 4 <»
of them take to sea. fishing, wood cutting, etc., the Filiruin, 1030 129 4 0 22 0 O
n-st becoming coolies and enagiim in potty trading
M.rrh. 1034 . 138 ft 0 21 12 O
or going out into t lie desert with camels and sheep.
Like all other countries Kuwait lias her unemploy- List ol rrominent Merchant*.
i-d numbering' aliout 5.000, who live on their
relative#!. i
Narnr. Linr. Remark*.
For prices of various types of labour see Part I.
31. Eririct.ee uf En.^.ution. Inspite of tLc
joverty and lack of sufficient employment, which I. Alxlvr R.thman bin 0'h»!rttlr dealer in Otv of the ri<V»t
m». kupir. !"«,
c4 local Mr-
MukaBmcd liin UaLr.
have been aggravated by the depressed comlition BlklrhH, [WTr- rkanta.
of the pearl trade during the past few years, there =«a*k, rlr.
is no tendency to emigrate among the j**opIe of 2. M< ilia ranted and ftv-t >ru SLjp|'in( Ihtto.
Kuwait. On the other hand then* is a considerabh* llliuwvali nUiluiainL Trade.
number of Persian. Iraqi and Ncjdi immigrants 3. Alimadhiu Muliajnnjod C<«lrxtor r o-f drab r
U nAllillaf). I
who have in the recent past taken up residence in al-lihieim. i
Kuwait. 4. raiudiu'la 4 llnx. Ri«-. Ira, rupar, rlr.
32..Ahoiicipal Scrrice*.—Kuwait is believed to 5. Abdul Karim AM IHlIo.
l* the cleanest and ulao perhajw the healthiest 4. Kultmaa bin Urn J KtlO.
town in tlie Persian (Julf. This is partly due to the
7. Kaitid *Ali bin Saiyid G<wrJ >l.-r< WaC
dry and wholesome climate of the place and partly
to the efficient munioijwil services. Oik ot 1 hr riiM
4. Mobaraaied Sn'id IHllo . of local aarf.
During the past few years most of the narrow cLanl*.
•nd overcrowded bazaar** of the town have been
widened and otherwise improved by the Municipa­ $. Mob a tarred •A.jil WlwJraalr ri-tUr jB Ifi (to.
l>i«r-|Wida.
Muh^nruod Zaman.
lity. His Excellency the Ruler himself takes a
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