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Report on the Trade of the Bahrein Islands for the year
ending 31st March 1927.

Introduction. Customs.
A general description of the physical, political
and commercial peculiarities of the Idands is given The tariff is fixef by treaty at 5 per centadl-ialorem
in the report for the year 1911-12 (Annual Series on all imports. . la June. 1920 on the advice of the
No. 5052). The permanent population as estimate Government of Iidia the tax on goods landed at
at 1,15,000. Bahrein in transi for the mainland was reduced
to 2 per cent fron 5 per cent at which it formerly
stood. Export dity of Rs. 10 per bundle of hide-s
Trade.
and Rs. 2 per bisfcet of dates is charred. The
The. total value of trace amounted to £3,01-, 930 Customs work is carried on bran European Director
as against £2,776,616 in 192u-26 showing an increase 0f Customs under the orders of the Ruler of Bahrein,
of £236,334 or 8-5 per cent.
The total value of imports amounted to £1,897,551
as compared with £1,621,869 in 1925^26 showing Enquiries regarding Trade.
an increase of £275,682 or 17-0 per cent. The
increase was* chiefly in specie and coito n goods. The Political Apent, Bahrein, who is in chose touch
with the local aid mainland affairs, wiE be glad to
Exports.
. , answer any enqiirics regarding trade from mer-
gratis sfc rw
siowmg a decrease of £39,348 01-3-4 per cert. Trade. Enquires from India should he mad,
Tue pearl trade dominated the commercial suns- th h uira.tl0r General o£ Commercial InteJli-
tan- The foUosvng table shows the movements of at Calcuru. Time would probaUv be saved
pner.1 mercWia: as compared mu» pearls aad by addresring th-latter otScial direct, as Mormstio*
species
ou most ordinary matters is available h. Buis rcco^rdL
Im ports.
ToUl Shipping.
of GcairraJ Trtal
Tear Specie Pod pearl mccclun’ Imports. There is a rcgilar weekly mail service from. India
and dine.
rpocie and hi-weekly to India. As reported' previously owing
"' ' to the abolition <*f the British Post Office at Bushin,
C £ £ S. i the practice of stnding mails to India by up-steamers
us-a ICH.711 23,474 193,485 I. £28,104 ir.nar.a tia Bush ire has ceased. Thus the nuaber of mails
1326-27 15.370 484,846 1.02.705 to India reduced from 6 to 2. TLa somewhat
ferwoti^t of 4-OSS — +aio-i —11 +17-0 adversely affects the commercial community.
tiwcTwe or ;
;
General Remarks. .
Exports.
Motor roads suitable foFTight cars const nearfjr
ToUl Otraer»I all over the Winds. There are abort 112 motor
of .
TtUM
Tear SpccSc rod pearl nezrehan* Eijorti. cars of various makes and motor-cars ame available
and dUac.
apede on hire. Motorboats ply regularly between Bahrein
and Qatar on the mainland and also ran between
t ,£■ £ £ s Bahrein and QatiL.
*: • i: :
1C5-S 191404 4624» 692.444 10*4^77
ms-27 301,264. hum 466,160 6*9,289 MU.«»
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