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Comparison of Average Unit Values (piece-goods).
Commodity. Unit. Year 1365. Year 1366.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
Indian—Cotton Mulls .. .. piece of 39 yards .. 30 0 o 17 8 0 (piece of 20 yards).
Prints—Inferior .. piece of 20 yards .. 12 00 20 0 o

Comparative Visits of Native Craft.
Origin. Year 1365. Year 1366.
From:
Arabian Mainland 188 164
Kuwait 75 5i
Oman Coast .. 247 275
Iran Coast I.I53 792
Iraq 48 59
India .. 4i 4i
Aden ..
Africa .. 34 20
Qatar 26 29
Total 1,812 I.43I
The reduction in the number of Native Craft calling at Bahrain during the year under review
as against the number in the previous year was due to the fall in imports of coffee (to an overstocked
market), ghee, rice and wheat.

BAHRAIN GRAFT REGISTRATIONS

Barges: Small Motor Sailing
Wooden. Steel. Motor Launches Craft. Total.
Launches. & S. Tugs.
Year 1365:
Registered Craft 7 12 8 116 913 1,056
Newly built in 1366 2 2
Old Craft brought from Foreign
ports & registered in 1366 .. 3 10 12 8 33
Former Fishing boats .. 3 1 4
10 22 8 131 924 1.095
Old craft fitted with new engines 11 — 11
Total 10 22 8 142 9^3 1,095

Less in 1366:
Sold and removed to foreign ports 5 2 7
Lost at sea ....................... 2 2
Broken up ....................... 6 6
Useless—destroyed 5 5
5 5 10 20
Actual number of Craft regis­
tered at the end of 1366 10 X7 8 137 903 1.075
Total .. 10 22 8 1.J2 9^3 1,095