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'File 10/4 II Trade Reports' [‎80r] (170/586)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (291 folios). It was created in 6 Sep 1933-27 Oct 1936. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Dibai # The fares are cheap#
There is a regular weekly steauier jaall service
(B. ,!#«->• m.c. ) i'rora ana to India and Iraq# The ^aet
and ^eet bound aeroplanes of Inperial Airways Limited
call wee -ly # rh# air service is used for coirsnercial
freight#
social—
The discovery of oil promisee to inprove the
economic condition of the people. The Bahrain Petroleum
Company Idmlted has provided some relief to unenployment,
and work in the Oil-field is a great attraction for
emigrants fron India, There is a community of about 70
/Europeans including membere of the Arabian Mission.
.7/in 0 - to little or no accommodation suitable,
especially for -European ladies, a number of requests
j .or permission to land at Bahrain have had to be refused#
ianamah, the capital town Contains two hospitals»
>chools (two for boys and two for girls), a Branch of the
Eastern Bank Limited, a Post Office, a wireless Station
anv. a .imnch office of the asopotamia Persia Corporation
Limited, who also act as Agents of the Iraperial Airways
Limited#
There is a rmnicipial Council in l anamah and also
in the town of Mharraq. \n electric power station exists
at anamah and the power is carried by a causeway and
a Gubmarine Cable to "uharraq#
rhe 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, who is in close touch
with local and mainland affairs, will be glad to ans.ver
any enquiries regarding trade from merchants in the
United kingdom throuirh the i)epartment of (Overseas ^rade #
.inquiries from India should be made through the
Director General of Commercial Intelligence at Calcutta.
Time would probably be saved by addressing the
latter official direct, as information on most

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Trade Reports of the Bahrain Islands for the financial years ended 31 March 1933 to 31 March 1936 inclusive, with associated correspondence. The reports list imports from twenty-nine countries (notably India, Iraq, Persia, England [the United Kingdom], Japan, Germany, Africa, Belgium and the United States) under the main headings of animals for slaughter; building materials; cereals; dyeing and colouring materials; fuel; oil; pearls, shells and specie; provisions; textiles and fabrics; and miscellaneous; and exports to seventeen countries (notably India, Arabia, Persia, Iraq, England [the United Kingdom], the United States, and Germany) under the main headings of building materials; cereals; dyeing and colouring materials; fuel; oil; pearls, shells, and specie; provisions; textiles and fabrics; and miscellaneous. The file includes correspondence between the 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 and the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Sharjah concerning the import into and export from Dubai of goods aboard two German vessels, June-July 1934; and United Kingdom press cuttings on trade conditions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated March 1935.

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1 volume (291 folios)
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The papers are in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the system in use appears in the top right corner of each folio, circled. An uncircled numerical sequence marking out the main documentary elements also appears at either the top right or top middle of each folio, running from 2-237 (folio 3- folio 269).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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