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'File 19/176 IV (C 71) Bahrain Finances' [48r] (110/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 28 May 1934-14 Jun 1937. 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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up by the clerks I haTe taken the avaiiabie
f i. ures as a "basis on vhich to take an average for
the boats whose figures are not obtainable. It
should be remembered that my figures are only
approximate and they represent the rockbottom
prices of the pearls which change hands many
times before they leave Bahrain each time increas
ing the price of the pearls. Unfortunately I
only began to examine these accounts a few years
ago, when the slump in the pearl trade began but
before 1347/48 the fi ures of the sales would
have been very much higher.
6. I give be-low the particulars of the last
five seasons.
Year. No of Total value of
boats. pearls in Is.
1348/4y 5(fe El^S.Ouu/-
liAv/pQ 504 IS.cs^OOuA
1350/51 456 i^,14,uuu/~
1352 456 1^,40,uuu/-
1353 340 lO.OUjUUU/-
V, The Catch. The public in general are of
the opinion that the banks are producing, less
pearls than they used to. I do not think that
this can be assumed. The Arabs in the pearl
industry do not take in bo consideration the de
crease in the nmaber of boats. when they send
out less boats the production must decrease,
fhey also argue that the quality of pearls has
deteriorated, that fewer valuable pearls are
found, in this again they do not take into con
sideration the general slump in prices of pearls
but they usake comparisons between the season and
seasons when the market was 1lourishing. The
highest price paid for a single pearl during the
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This file contains detailed records of Bahraini government budgets, revenues and expenditures for the years 1934 to 1937. The file also contains a number of reports compiled by Charles Belgrave (Shaikh Hamad's advisor). These reports cover the pearling trade and diving industry, the police force and public security, education, agriculture, the judiciary, the Shia Waqf department, land ownership, the island's electric supply and matters related to the municipalities of Muharraq and Manamah. The file also contains documents concerning customs and oil revenue data.
The file contains three photographic images (two of the police station in the town of Hidd and one of the barrack room at the fort in Manama) on folio 73c.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. An index of topics contained in the file is contained on folio 1b. The index uses the consistent foliation system in the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page. The list of topics is fairly extensive but is not complete.
- Physical characteristics
A single bound volume. Foliation starts with the first folio and the numbering runs from 1 to 203. The folios are numbered in pencil in the top right hand corner. Folio 1 is split into three parts (folios 1A, 1B and 1C), folio 26 into two parts (folios 26A and 26B) and folio 73 into three parts (73A, 73B and 73C). Folio 73C is a melinex insert containing three photographic prints.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/353
- Title
- 'File 19/176 IV (C 71) Bahrain Finances'
- Pages
- 11r:14r, 19r:24v, 31r:72r, 74r:110r, 118r:123r, 135r:150r, 156r:153r, 167r:172r, 186r:195r
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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