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tore Table eh cm that India is doing very good dead of ground has been reclaimed and fenced
n’,C blithe commodities which she produces, in and tarpaulins provided for storage of cargo
"f I'ni’od Kingdom d« *e8 not produce any of which is not easily damaged. Further the Sheikh
The h ‘pities in demand here except piece- put forward a scheme for landing and delivering
•h* jCC‘ i gyjinx; ns regirls the former a great cargo in January 1 9 13, and it is hoped that this
\ i that ftown under *'‘India ** no do iht came scheme, which has been slightly modi lied, will
•• «Ilv from the United Kingdom, wh lie so far s:en le approved and put into force. When this
origin*' |JUS not tevn able to corn [-etc with is done it may be hoped that most of the old
^'tincataTbeet sugar owing to its slightly greater landing difficulties and losses will be things of
c0?oe the past.
pn.f 3j] ihc exports go to the neighbouring coun- With respect to (2) the local Amir, Deputy
. bordering on the Persian Gulf, there is no Governor and Head of Police of the town of Man-
L'ect*** i° Analysing lb'45 figures in Part II of ara;l (the port of Bahrain), hao been changed since
^.lc q the expiry of the year under review, and the new
'0u,i,« for Brit;,l Trade—There do., not nan teem, more efficient. IWail trade, carried on
vm to be any pronmug openings for British by a considerable number of British Indian sub-
r\e Lie. As noted ab-vo India is doing as J«*f. «; somewhat hampered by the want of
L fl a. caa be expected, an! the principal com.no- woiform.ty ... the ocal weights. Efforts are being
!:L in demand here are not manufactured or RaJc to improve the existing st.te of affairs, and
imdnced in Great Britain. 1115 *°p«l that the Shaikh will shortly have pro-
I""* . . , , , ,, . . . rer standard weights made and force every 6hop-
Af sectioned in last iea.rt report there miffht ± t0 usc woigllts np t0 stacdard.
lean ojeuing for an enterprising Indian Timber . . 2f 1 ,
•rerchaat: the amount of business would not be _ Quines re Trade.—'The Political Agent will
roJcicnt to support an English firm. If there he very glad to answer any inquiries regarding
ffere a direct service of steamers to Bahrain it trade from meschants in the Lmted Kingdom
ni<rLt be possible for British sugar, and perhaps thn*.ugh the Commercial Intelligence Branch of
Mmcther minor commxlities, to conp-ite with tLc Board of Tiade, and enquiries from India could
continental sugar and other goods. At present J* "lth » similar manner through the
the be.ivr freight rid Eomhay makes British Director Gen. ral of Commercial Intelligence at
ngartouexpensive. Calcutta. Enquiries would probably save time
,r.„ , - T, ... . • , T • r by addressing the latter official direct, as Le will
iliti.o^s of Units Traders. In ^ probably have information available in his records
l.niW'd Kate of the outiv and the absence of 03 ^ ordinarr objects of enquiry,
r ads, etc, there is no demand for motor engines, , „ , * •_ .
r-amrs, etc., at present. 2*1 any firms dealing in Local Conditions\Ayceltrg Trade.- As wad have
this class of articles uuste their time in circu- been gathered from remarks made in the earlier
luma'* the Political A^nt- F*rt this report, there are no industries in
liKsi"'?L ..pd J3'?"•lri' n,Si,3‘/.i»i.j5«“”iS/ftSl>Sa
feO.SAS»,-rr*-—
in dtmaid. It is advisable that British raer- T rad* disputes here are usually settled by a
chants should ascertain from time to time whether hody of leading merchants called the Mujlis-ul-
there has been any change in the public taste in **r^ *n accordance with local custom. Settlement
head dresses, shirtings, l:in cloth, etc. h.r tbe Mujlis according to Usage or by a Kazi by
mSroaeulo Trade—To, many yearn the ^ tbe.0,J£ “““.of
prindpial difficulties agriuvt which our bade has °J "*?«nu? debt. ^ .°S? x°f
to contend are • - • parties is a Bahrain subject as no legal Codes
exist nor is there any Legislature.
0) the lack of fac-Iitie, for landing cargo The tariff is fixed at 5 per cent, ad valorem by
and the exp^are of cargo to damage treaty, and at the present time the Custom, work
after landing, ^ i* being carried on for the Ruler of Bahrain by an
(2) the haphazard vay in which civil justice Indian (Hindu) firm, a member of which acts as
is administered and the consequent the Shaikh's Director of Customs. The work
difficulties of recovering debts. now seems to be going on smoothly, and with
(3) the facilities which the position of the rCaB°nable efficiency.
island affords for absconding to per* On the whole Bahrain is a quiet place and the
sons who wish to avoid payment of pubHc security here compares favourably with anv
their debt*, other place in the Persian Gulf.
e. g., a night's sail in a native boat Shipping and Communications.—The tables of
will tike a man to Katar or shipping annexed to this report call for no com­
on to the coast of the Hassa ment.
province^ and when there it is
usually impossible to get any­ The following Steamship Lines call at
thing done. Bahrain i—
Ai regard, (1) during the year under review a 0) British India Steam Navigation Com­
COmTr^eJn(rw *htd for the storage of cargo was pany weekly up from Bombay and
a*- » jetty started which hii been l^M.‘ddBom^htly “>
comPlct*d shortly
side a * ^lB W*N stable boats to come along- (2) Hamturg-Amerika Line about
xrH’lt at dead low water. Besides this, a once %
month on outward voyage only.