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The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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100 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS [No. 90
In the Appendix (Table III) will be found details
of the exports from Aden between 1910 and 1916, and
(Table IV) statistics for Muscat in 1910-12, and
Bahrein in 1910 and 1911.
The ohief goods exported from Arabia are hides
and skins, pearls, coffee, and dates; next in value come
ivory, gums, shells, wax, ghi, and salt.
The chief exports may be grouped according to their
origin:—
(1) Trans-shipment exports of mixed Arabian and
foreign origin.—Hides and Skins, the most valuable
export of Arabia, are very largely of foreign origin;
only about ^ of the total import in 1913 was from
Arabian sources. In 1916, however, the proportion
was larger.
In 1913 the total import value o ; f hides and skins at
Aden was £641,878, made up as follows:—
£
From Africa ... ... 556,632
„ Arabia (ports) ... 59,493
„ the mainland by camel 24,584
,, other sources ... 1,169
Total £641,878
The total export value at Aden in the same year was
£797,969, distributed mainly among the following
countries:—
Raw
hides.
Goat
skins.
Sheep
skins.
Other
skins.
Total.
£
£
£
£
£
United States ..
—
254,000
36,000
—
290,000
United Kingdom
127,000
22,000
68,000
6,000
223,000
France
50,000
29,000
37,000
—
116,000
Germany
30,000
—
—
14,000
44,000
Italy ..
39,000
—
—
—
39,000
Austria
33,000
33,000

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This volume contains information on the geography, political history and economic conditions of Arabia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in April 1919.

It is divided into four sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'; 'Political History'; 'Political Conditions' and 'Economic Conditions'. There is an Appendix, containing tables regarding trade in Aden, Muscat and Bahrein, 1909-1917.

There is a map 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabia', compiled by the War Office on June 1914.

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1 volume (69 folios)
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the map on a sleeve on the inside back cover, on number 70.

Pagination: There is also an original pagination, iv-vi, 2-127.

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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:6, 1:130, ii-r:ii-v, 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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