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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [379r] (772/1102)
The record is made up of 1 volume (547 folios). It was created in 21 Sep 1926-27 Dec 1933. 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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Report on tke Trade of tke Bakraia Islands
lor tke year ending 31st Marck 1930.
in1rqdugtiqn .
Tke independent Arab Principality of Bakrain
consists of a gronp of islands off tke East Coast of
Arabia- Tke iitate is under Britisk protection but is
not a protectorate.
A general description of tke pk/sical,political
and commercial pecularities of tke Islands is given in
tke Report for tke year 1911/12 (Annual Series Ko:5052j.
y
ike permanent population is estimated at 115,000.
traps .
Hie total value of tke trade amounted to £.2,818,257
as compared witk £.3,110,341 in 1928/29,skewing a decrease
of £.292,084 or 9 # 4 per cent.
ike total value of Imports amounted to £.1,930,692
as against £.2,116,615 in 1928/29,skewing a decrease of
£.185, or 8*8 per dent. Tke decrease is ckiefly due
to tke rebellion in Nejd and to tke commencement of tke
slump in tke Pearl trade.
It will be seen tkat Cotton goods valued at
£.185,734 are skown as imported from India. Tkis is mis
leading as tke bulk of tke cargo imported from tke United
Kingdom arrives via India and consequently appears under
tkis keading,and also a large quantity of Japanese piece
goods.
PEARL INDUSTRY .
A general description of tkis Industry is given in
tkis
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Trade Report for tke year 1927/28.
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Trade Reports and related correspondence, Bahrain. The file includes trade reports, Bahrain, for the financial years 1924-25 to 1931-32, inclusive, with associated correspondence. The reports list twenty-five countries from which imports were received (notably India, Iraq, Arabia, and Persia) under the general headings of animals; animals for slaughter; building materials; cereals; dyeing and colouring materials; oils; pearls, shells and specie; provisions; textiles and fabrics; and miscellaneous; and twelve countries to which exports were sent (notably India, Arabia, Persia, Iraq, Africa, England [United Kingdom], Belgium, Japan, and Java) under the general headings of building materials; cereals; fuel; oils; pearls, shells, and specie; provisions; textiles and fabrics; and miscellaneous. The file also includes a report on the Bahrain pearl industry by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, with covering letter to Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, dated 19 December 1928.
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- 1 volume (547 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the system in use appears in the top right corner of each folio, circled.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1344
- Title
- 'File 10/4 I Trade Reports'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1dv, 2r:225v, 226v, 227v, 228v:293v, 294v:309v, 310ar, 310br:310bv, 311r:338v, 339ar, 339r:359v, 359ar:359av, 360r:362v, 363v:366v, 368v:370v, 373v:417v, 418v:462v, 463v:470v, 471v:524v, 525v:529v, 530v:531v, 535v:543v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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