'File 10/4 V Trade Reports' [‎199r] (398/776)

In addition to the above, local sales of petroleum products
amounted to 160,983 tons, of which 153 ,288 tons consisted of coles sold
to and exported by the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation.
(d) ^mmuktcationsa.il) tt^spqht;
Air Services*
Durinp the year the British Overseas Airways Corporation
r^nmletad it f rfitnm to a oeacetime footing by abolishing the special
Roval Air Force services and by discontinuing some of their s ?^ v
In January, 1947i they withdrew the "C" Class flying boats which they
were^isint' on the Cairo -Bahrain-Karachi rur lS thus deriving Bahrain
r\f* both the Durban-Calcutta and the Cairo-A.ar«iCiii scnodules ^ iu
1. u^the au ^ith the Truclal Coast. So other service had rep-
^Lrt these flvlr" boats by the end of the fiscal year under review,
but the Corporation had agreed to operate fro.a early i/Lng oa
services between the United Kingdom and Bahj iin, wit-i lut .19
service between Bahrain and Karachi.
shipping h^lqatwiu
freight charges on cargo reraainad the su-ae as tuosa of
1 „ t ve- it There was a great increase over the previous yeai ^ t
number of* vessel* caUing at Bahrain, the incr ease being marked In
the case of tankers, and British and American cargo ships.
lightijhagtl.
Messrs. Gray, Jackanzie & Comuany Limited, Bahrain, maintained
og steel barges with an average capacity of 180 to <.00 tons, and in
addition the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited malntai 1 ^ ,
9 country boats with an average capacity ol about to 30 t..
st.oj^' koafld .
Some repairs were done during the period under report, but
the general condition of the roads/not satisfactoiy.
During the year undor review the following vehicles were
registered:-
Private motor cars and taxis ^8^-
Coamercial vehicles 0
(e) pQgu^>
Standard of liviiuu
The st/indard of living remained low t There v ^ras an increase
in wage rates, but the cost of living continued to rise.
iiiiD pi 3V tent.
At the end of the year under report there were Bahrain
subjects and other Asiatics (including 660 Ind-Uns) ^ ^ h
the Bahrain Petroleum Company, in addition to 96 American 377 Biltish,
53 Canadian and 20 South Africf^asS*
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