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23. Air Service.—Imperial Airways stopped calling During the past few years some of the narrow and
at Kuwait ns from 23rd February 1938. overcrowded bazaars of the town have been widened
20. Security.—The Kuwait-Rnara route is quite and otherwise improved by the Municipality,
safe, but perhaps the same cannot be aaid of minor A new fish market and an abbatoir were built by
routes between Kuwait and the hinterland. This the Municipality during the year under review,
is because of the desert nature of the country, occu­
pied only by nomad tribes, who are not above
occasionally raiding a caravan carrying merchan­
dise, etc., should the local powers that be for a moment PART HL
relax. Exchange.
Katr rex
(H) Social.
Months.
27. Standard oj Living.—The majority of Kuwait 100 Marta Sovereign.
TT.'ff.a
population arc poor and about 10.000 souls (out IK. I Ur..
of a total of approximately 00,000) have to eke out
an existence on little more than one anna a day IU. A. F. IU. A. f.
each, while most of the Bedouin population subsist April,iw . ns • o u t I
on camel’s milk anti dates. The standard of living May, 1937 113 o o 22 6 •
is thus s-?cn to he low but the people on the whole Jour,1037 . lie o o 22 7 0
arc happy and appear content enough with their July, 1937
lot. The cost of living is cheap. A quarter of an no o o 22 8 0
anna will buy a largo loaf of bread. Aopatt, 1937 . no o o 22 8 0
28. En joyment.—Pend fishing is the chief in- September, 1937 10" 0 0 22 9 0
d jstry of the inhabitants of the town. Apart from October, 1937 . 100 0 O 22 10 0
some, 2,(.00 persons engaged in business and other November. 1937 105 12 O 22 10 0
minor occupations, the rest of the population depend Du-cuibrr. 1937
for their livelihood on pearl fishing directly or in­ J.nu.ry, 1938 . 105 0 O 22 11 0
directly. 105 0 O 22 11 0
The p-?arl season starts about the end of May February, 1938 10« 0 O 22 10 O
and continues for the best part of the summer. March, 1038 . 103 0 O 22 9 •
The Kuwait pearling fleet consists of 700 boats but
only 200 to 300 boats put to sea in recent years.
The pearl trade absorbs about 6 to 7 thousand men List of Prominent Merchants.
in variou-s capacities, viz., Xakhudas of boats, divers
and haulers. Name. Line. ErmarL*.
An additional one thousand persons find employ­
ment in subsidiary trades like manufacture of boat
sails, ropes, fish oil, etc. 1. Aid or Rahman bin Whole*a> dealer in One of the rlchrat of
rice, »usr, Uv
Muhammad Lla
Since, as mentioned above the pearl season lasts Bahai. mab-hea, pleee- IocjJ merc-baala.
only for about five months in the year, divers and gooda, etc
others have to look for employment in other direc­ 2. Uuhtaud and ^Ovmmu ahlpplnf Ditto.
Thonayyan >J
tions for the remainder of the time. About half Gliania.
of them take to sea, fishing, wood cutting, etc., the 8. Ahmed bin Muham­ Contractor and
rest becoming coolies and engaging in petty trading mad aI Ghanlm. dealer la machi­
or going out into the desert with camels and sheep. nery.
29. Evidence of Emigration.—In spite of the poverty 4. TuMif bin Jaaa A Bice, tea, ***** etc.
Bros.
and lack of sufficient employment, which have been
aggravate^ bv the depresfed condition of the 6. Abdul Karim Abel . Dttaa.
pearl trade during the past few years, there is no 5. Boltin Mb laaa Ditto.
tendency to emigrate among the people of Kuwait. 8«yM ab Mo s»yu Genera, merefcaei.
On the other hand a number of Persian, Iraqi and »ouin*a.
Nejdi immigrant* have in the recent past taken up 6. Muhammad aa'M Ditto . One of the rich rat at
local merettauto.
Muhammad
residence in Kuwait. Z*
30. Municipal S*m:ice$.—Kuwait ia believed to ®. Mr binned 'aqo Wholeaale dealer ha Ditto.
be the cleanest and also perhaps the healthiest Muhammad piece-gooda.
towm in the Persian Gulf. This ia partly due to the Z*
comparatively dry and wholesome climate of the 10. Abdul Axkal-CaadJ Ditto.
place, and partly to the comparatively efficient 11. Ah ha* Ua Mina Ditto.
Huaala.
municipal services.