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Mr. Rosenthal of a Paris firm (Messrs. Excluding pearl*' and spccio India import*
Rosenthal and Fiores) returned for tho third year \ 5-1 per cent, and including thcao itoras 534 por real.
in succcss’on, and is said to havo made largo profits, I , Tbo other chief importers were Turkish Arab;*
aa the market was rising steadily throughout tho Ik. 15,00.100 (£100,000), Peroia Its. 9,00,000 (£Gu
time be was here. ! 000), Arab coast IU 18.00,000 (£120,000), SoQtu
Tho Port was visited weekly by a British I America Us. 5,30,000 (£35,000), Austria Ra. 1,25,000
India 6tcamcr carrying up Gulf mails, and fort­ I (£8,333).
nightly by a down steamer of the same line. England imported Ra. 90,000 (£6,000) -which
As tbo np Mail of the week, in which tbo down was a decrease of Rs. 1,10,000 (£7,300) on last jear,
Mail does not touch at Bahrein, usually makes or 122 per cent. This included a decrease of Rs, G3*
connection with tho Fast down Gnlf Mail at 000 (£1,200) on piece goods, and of Rs. 49,000
Bnshiro, it is alrm-st nlvays possible to send a (£3,300) on broad cloth and other woollen goods.
weekly Mail to India, Europe and elsewhere. ■ These are the only items of importance imported
Thirty vessels of tho Bombay and Persia Steam , from ths United Kingdom, except jute, of which
Ehgivation Company called at Bahrein during the . a new import of Rs. 17,0u0 (£1,133) was made.
year. Jn all 82 British stoamers visited Bahrein on j Germany imported Rs. 1,92,000 (£12,S00) which
np journey and 42 down Gulf. ; was an incrcaso of Rs. 48,000 (£13,200), or 33 per
Three vessels of the Basrah Mei-canlilo Ship- • cent, on last year.
ing Company working between Basrah and Ojair Thoso imports included—
also called at tliis Port on eleven occasions.
Ton steamers of the Hamburg Amerika Line, B*. Rs.
sailing from Hamburg to Basrah, touched during the
year, with an average cargo of 1.056 packages j
against an average number of 2,225 packages for the !: Gold thread . 17,000 (Decrease . 26,000)
11 vessels which touched in 1907. The reason for ;! Haberdashery 7,350 (Increase « 7,000)
this is to be found in the 6tocks of coffee, kcrosine I. ,
oil, etc-, which remained over from last year. The j; Hardware • 9,950 ( Do. • 3,300)
seeming paradox between this decrease in number jj Matches . 2,100 ( Do. . 2,150)
of packages by 100 per cent and increased values :: jjctaj . 2,010 ( Da . 2.010)
of imports is due to the larger valne of thepacknsres
imported- For instance, in the previous year 18,000 Wire . 21,500 ( Do. . 21,600)
cases of kerosine oil were landed worth only Rs. 4 Perfumery . 16,003 ( Do. . 12,000)
each.
Chioaware • 1,000 (Decrease , 31,000)
Of exports Rs. 53,04,721 (£353,648) or 514 |
per rent, went to India. This includes Rs. 42.30,000 :i Provision* 4,200 (Increase • 2,500)
(£282,000) worth of pearls and Rs. 9.90,000 (£66, ! Sugar, Loaf 12,203 ( Do. . 12,200)
000) specie. Excluding pearls and Bpecie only, (tranthip-
2’2 per cent of exports went to India. ment from
Belgium).
The other principal receivers of exports were ( Da . 41,000)
Turkish Arabia Rs. 18,00,000 (£120,000), France Sugar, soft • 65,000
Rs. 13,00,000 (£86,666) of pearls, Persia Rs. Watches • 7,000 ( Do. • 4,200)
8,50,000 (£56,666), Katar Rs. 5,u0,000 (£33,333). Broadcloth . 10,000 (Decrease • 6,000)
The exports to the United Kingdom were nil* (30 per cent.
and it is a pity that some of the large exportB of of whole
abells cannot be diverted to London. At present there
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aro greater facilities at Hamburg for disposing of cent. U«t
these shells, hut I think the merchants at home with yes*)
a small effort could certainly obtain a portion of this
trade. Article snot 20,100 (Increase . 11,400)
Exports to Germany wore valued at Ra. 2,58,715 ro eeifi ed
(£17,248) which is an increase of 81 per cent, on last above.
year'and 158 per cent on tho previous year. Of this
amount Ra. 2^4,875 (£17,000) were oyster shells. Thus the only decreases were in-
Merchants prefer the Hamburg Amerika Line, there fa) Gold thread, this decreased by Rs. 26»°0£
being no transhipment as in the case of the shells
sent by British India Line. The transhipment causes but they have Retained such trade
this article os has remained at tho exp®118®
A certain percentage of breakages.

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