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Imports.—The total value of imports ir.tc Bah- | goids trade, and possibly a larger share In hard-
jxa amounted to £753,41S as against 11,^77,630 ^"e and cutlery,
dcring the previous rear, showing a decrease
of il,119.-1- or 09*6 pc-r cent. As has been Destination of Exports.
j;e*dy noted, the greater decreases w*re in
•xarls and specie owing to the collapse of the Ire rente
iuvpcan pnA market. The import of rice also Country. 1913-14- 1914*15. or
fiC by over 30 per cent This was doe daring Dccrraae.
-j,T earlier part of the war *.o the <li£calty of
ib’ppingi a&d Utterly to capital being called in Per cv.-nt. Per cent. Per ce nt.
E,v the Indian firms with brioches hi Bahrain.
The decrease under sugar m due to difScnlties Inca • • 70 i 81 + 11
in obtaining supplies. Piece Goods orJy fell from
ilid,GOO to 1116,600, lui very large corsign- Nr'^Llonnng cc?i£ru-i 909 1 906 —04
IcMcring on tie Pcaiui!
tats ts had beta ordered before the war. As the Gnlf. !
atrkot for thtre goods has b*en greatly redneed,
a(St merchants have very Large stocks on hand, .another foreign coc.ctri< a n\ ; 14 —07
xni a great reduction in iicp.cts may be ejected
nert year. A> will be seer. from the above Bahrain is a
Exports.—The total valce of export3 fell from disrilmtiog «*utrs for l.otb ridrf of the Gulf.
£1,740,00$ to £461,624, a ce'-rease of £1,277,384 j Proportion of British and Indian Trade.—
cr 73*4 per cent. or, not counting sp-orie, a Excluding specie ind pearL?, the principal articles
decease of £1,416,559 or S-TT per cent- It must < • f iiii|>orts hto Bahrain (ether than slaughter
beaded that as exports are rent by native boats I animals and fu*-I, ?tc., which are only of interest
no accurate statistics are .inilahle. The f^ure J 1i m- rchauts in tie ncighbocring couutri-rs) are
f or piece good.* especially *.*., £4,934 is probably .us follows:— .
considerably below the mars. The reasons for —------------------------------------- .
t jr large expert of specie and small exp<et of ED n.:.x
pearls have been given above. The decreases are V.lce ia-
due to restrictions of markets owing to the War. *,co** 191M91^ i OtVr
India, j
Origin of Innportj. ! cacr.trk«.
I.
Iso's se £
CocEtrr. 1913-14. 1914*15. or nu<* 165,538 93-5 15
D'icwsf.
PS«e-Good» . 116 /xn 89-7 10-3
Per «it_ Per cccC. P-cr ecut. Gb* . 19,321 228 772
C*j£c* . • 43,319 83-6 164
7^1 i?5 ♦ 5-4
Scpr, Loaf and Soft 15J097 67*9 421
Sr.AVinring <ocntnra 229 179 K>
krderiug ca ihf Per can Ti» 25.77S 997 0*3
Gilt
ToWco 10,25*5 51 91-9
A3 itLer fortiga cooctrita CO 4« —1*4
S-j-ixa . 9J<il 99-8 02
Toe principal articles on ■which GenraDj wafl
leaqngji bLd before the war va^;- From the above table it will be observed that
£«* Good* £3>15 against UO»,fiO» . Frcna lad la. India beads the lift in all the commodities which
(South Ax«rrican) £5,923 aip;~rat £36,404 „ she produces and for which there is demand here.
*«»*• t\p2£ ig»u>* £944 .... The United Kingdom does not produce any of
Kuianir £73<S arainit £3,618 . . the commodities in demand in Bahrain except
7t is probable that the Indian coffee trade would pie.*e-goo<ls and sugar ; aj regards the former, a
have been rtill farther cun into by the German gr*at deal of that shown under ‘ India * n-o doubt
Qvm which has representatives in South America, co nes originally from the United Kingdom, but
»od can import from that country with one British 6ugaris rot yet able to compete with
l^xshipment at Hamburg. They urcnld also Continental beet sugar, owing to its clightly
have probably annexed a large share of the piece higher price. •