'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [‎258r] (526/1102)

for tiieft anci oii9«.tlng by brokers very few oac^c of this eort
actually occur# Oftan nan who are literally bankrupt carry round
pearls that are worth lacp of rupees• Pearl brokers are- not
licenced and do not have to deposit a security ac ic tlie rule
with bazar brokers.
TAWABiiAh* While the pearling fleet is at the banks brokers and
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agents of the big shore oerohante visit the fleet, in the boats
and
which take out provisions to the divers/for the purpose of buying
pearls. According to curton when a Tawasha buyer has boarded a
boat none other can Interrupt his bsgaining with the Kakhuda.
Other prospective buyers have to lie off till the deal is
finished.
iiOTuh LAi,AQL'$B* During recent years the nuober of ootor
launches in Bahrein has ouch increased, Hiey consist of locally
built boats with motor engines.
CU-uTUv'-o F iff 13» The increasing nunb^r of culture-.i pearls
which find their way into the pearl narket is said to be having
a bad effect on pearl trade in general# These pearls, which
are worth about l/3rd the value of a real pearl, cannot be
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distinguished, even by an expert, without en elaborate
electrically worked apparatus. Last season several cultured
pearls were detected in Bahrein. Mr. Menenfield, the partner
of .ioharaed Ali iSainal, brouglit out with hira the apparatur for
testing pearls. In cases of bored pearls it is considered
infalliable but in the case of unbored pearls it leaves a
Blight nar in of doubt. A needle containing in itself two
minute nirrors, is introduced into the pearl itself end by
means of powerful electric light the inside of the pearl is so
illuminated that one can see whether the heart of the nearl
is natural or not.
The Bahrein Oovemraent has forbidden the Import of culture^
as well as artificial pearls but in the former case it ic
impossible for the Customs officers to detect them. It ?ms
suggested that the uovernment should purchase one of the
tsoti >ig