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'File 30/7 Review of Middle Eastern Economic and Social Policy' [7r] (13/50)
The record is made up of 1 file (25 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1949-25 Feb 1950. 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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I
(i) Petroleum.
In 1932 petroleum was discovered by the Bahrain Petro
leum Company. Its production is now the only big industry
in the islands. In 1948 the Bahrain Refinery handled
10,914,905 net barrels of Bahrain Crude Oil and 43,959,101
barrels of Arabian Crude. A total of 50,121,969 barrels
of refined oil was exported including 103,497 barrels of
aviation gasoline imported partly from the United States of
America and partly from Abadan. The Company pays royalty
at a basic royalty rate of Rs.3/8 per ton. In 1948 royalties
totalled Rs.48,74,829/13/9. Two-thirds of the oil royalties
go to the Bahrain Government and one-third to the private
purse of the Shaikh.
(ii) Pearling.
Bahrain formerly subsisted exclusively on the pearl
the trade trade but/primarily from the loss of the Indian market although
the advent of the cultured pearl and the drain of labour to
the oil fields have both helped to depress the trade.
(ill) Minor Industries.
Minor industries are boat building, the manufacture
of sailcloth and reed mats.
Labour.
A strong demand for labour from oil companies, shipping
companies, building contractors and others keeps wages high
for all classes of labour. There is an unsatisfied demand
for skilled labour among the oil companies including those on
the mainland and a hitherto insatiable demand for Arab clerks.
Most of the existing clerical labour is imported from India
and Pakistan.
Trade .
Bahrain has a
flourishing
>
entrepot trade
Chief Imports
(1946-1947)«
Rice *
Bs.
3,682,420
Wheat
N
Rs.
5,196.490
Flour
Rs.
41,960
Mixed grains
Rs.
1,342,800
Coffee
Rs.
1,849,240
Dates
Rs.
1,078,740
Sugar
Rs.
947,580
Tea
Rs.
1,354,330
Cotton plecegoods
Rs.
3,231,060
Woollen plecegoods
Rs.
913,440
Cigarettes
Rs.
1,380,680
Chief Exports (excluding oil shipments) (1946-1947)*
Pearls
Rs.
676,290
Sugar
Rs.
931,020
Tea
Rs.
1,310 890
Rice
Rs.
... ,374,440
Wheat
Rs.
2,276,390
Barley
Ss.
32,680
Cotton piecegoods
8s.
910,970
Banking
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This file contains correspondence relating to the submission of information on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. states for a review of Middle East economic and social policy prepared by the Middle East Secretariat of the Foreign Office. The file includes:
- notes (ff 6-9) on Bahrain compiled by Herbert George Jakins, 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;
- a copy (ff 14-18) of the Cabinet (Middle East) Official Committee statement of general policy entitled 'The Social and Internal Political Implications of Economic Development in the Middle East';
- a paper entitled 'Economic and Social Development in the Middle East: Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States'.
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- 1 file (25 folios)
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The papers in the file are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. There are file notes on folio 24.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 25; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 1-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. They are located in the same position as the main sequence, except for a few instances which are located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. .
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- IOR/R/15/2/800
- Title
- 'File 30/7 Review of Middle Eastern Economic and Social Policy'
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- front, front-i, 2r:24v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence