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'File 10/4 IV Trade reports Bahrain Islands' [42r] (83/318)
The record is made up of 1 file (159 folios). It was created in 18 Feb 1941 - 31 Mar 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The Customs tariff is fixed at 5 ^ ad valorem on
general merchandise and 10 % on certain luxury articles such
as carpets, cycles, clocks and watches, electrical goods,
furniture, gramaphones, gold and artificial gold thread,
hosiery, henna, motor cars, perfumery, toilet soaps, silken
goods, sewing machines, rubber tyres and tubes, typewriters,
boots, shoes, playing cards etc. Alcohol, tobacco and
cigarettes pay 15 % duty#
PARI II
(a) TRADE
General Conditions
In spite of the control on exports in the countries
y
*hich are the main sources of supply for Bahrain the trade
for the year under report has been satisfactory. The total
value of trade, excluding oils, for the year under review
amounted to k 3,82,36,770 (imports * 2,13,45,290; Exports
£ 1,68,91,480) as con^ared with a 3,51,35,260 (imports
ill 2,21,59,030; Exports is 1,29,76,230) in the previous year,
showing an increase of 31,01,510.
In order to obtain a true indication of the trend of
trade, the value of direct transhipments and re-exports from
The
bond should be excluded#/ total value of transhipment cargoes
and cargoes re-exported from bond for the year under review
In-
amounted to m 45,81,910# The total value of imports,
including specie but excluding transhipment cargoes, amounted
to £ 1,67,63,380; and the total value of exports, including
specie and cargoes re-exported from bond, amounted to
k1 23,09,570.
The true trade values after excluding the value of
direct transhipments and re-exports from bond are, therefore,
as follows s-
k
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The file includes reports on economic and trade conditions on the Bahrain Islands for the years 1939-40, 1940-41, and 1941-42; and statements of discrepancies noticed in Bahrain trade reports for 1938-39 and 1939-40, with remarks. The trade reports list thirty-four countries from which imports had been received (notably Arabia, Iraq, India, Iran, Africa, the United States, Japan, England [United Kingdom], Germany, Holland [the Netherlands], Burma, and Ceylon) under the general headings of animals for slaughter; building materials; cereals; fuel; oils; pearls, shells, and specie; provisions; textile and fabrics; and miscellaneous; and twenty-one countries (notably Arabia, India, Iraq, Persia, England [United Kingdom], Iran, the United States, Java, and Sumatra) to which exports had been sent, under the general headings of building materials; cereals; animals; oils; pearls, shells and specie; provisions; and miscellaneous.
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- 1 file (159 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The foliation system in use appears in a circle in the top right-hand corner. A second foliation system also appears, again in the top right-hand corner, but not circled. This system, which covers all the papers in the file, begins at number 6 and runs to number 161. It then continues 1/102 to 39/240.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1347
- Title
- 'File 10/4 IV Trade reports Bahrain Islands'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:74v, 75ar:75bv, 76r:100v, 101ar:101bv, 102r:155r, 156r:156v, 155v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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