'File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21' [90r] (179/194)
The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 26 Sep 1921-3 Nov 1921. 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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as ^eompared with 1919-20, chiefly accounted for hy the reduced
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amount of piece goods imported , which valued only £ tyZw -Sy as
compared with £ - The sea exports, on the other nand,show
an in crease of per cent, chiefly in specie, rice, wheat and
coffee, which can he accounted for hy the fact that the land
routes were closed throughout the greater part of the year, whic.
isulted in larger re-exports hy sea than usual. ^
77 fl/per cent of the import trade was with India, per cent
with ’Irao. *** Persia, <53 P er cent vriUi the AraT) coas t ,ana
the balance with America and Japan. Of the export trade 38'? per
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cent was with Persia, 25^8 per cent with India, 25*2 witn ‘iraQ.
and 10*o per cent with the Arab coast. The export per-centage %
for Persia was much above the average, doubtless owing to the
deflection to that country of a considerable amount of goods
which would.normally have found their way to Central Arabia.
Details of imports and exports 'by sea are g iven in ■' 6 <k* .
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1 (uJtyL, era built ('-.rv.j tine year, of an aggregate value
of i: I2M7 . This figure is not included in the trade tables.
// ^ ShA PISHE RIAS.
The only truly s local produce of Kuwait is that yielded by the
harbour fisheries, which are a valuable asset. Besides float-
and-weight nets and lines, traps or tidal weirs,constructed of
reed hurdles, are also employed;the fish enter them with the /X/
flowing tide and are left behind at the ebb.The majority of the
fish caught is consumed locally, but a small proportion is dried|
and exported to Basrah and elsewhere.
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Neither Kuwait nor its environs^can boast any agricultural
resources. There are no date plantations, no fields-and not manyj
kitchen gardens. A few small villages to the south east of Ivuwaij
supply a limited guahtity of vegetables and melons. The chief
agricultural centre in the principality is Jahrah, f.ri t.oi. near]
tho f 80^ 3f Krr-'rit ?Ry, -^riont' tiwo i ;n■ ,.-^rrrA-d
1 nn i. v road f rom fc toirn. The staple crops are
wheat, barley and lucern/ Jut musk melons, water melons, pumkinsf
beans and some other vegetables are also growiv, and tiiere a^e
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This file contains detailed tabulated trade reports (largely in Arabic) for the port of Kuwait for the year 1920-21. Expanded trade records are recorded on large folded sheets that organise the trade records according to method of transport (steam versus sailing ship), ports of origin, commodity, quantity, and value in rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . Most of the trade tables record imports but a few also record exports from Kuwait. The few letters that precede the records pertain to an exchange between the Ruler of Kuwait, Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], and 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. in Kuwait.
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- 1 file (95 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-96; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File 27/12 IV Draft Trade Report for Kuwait for the year 1920-21'
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:9v, 12r:14v, 86r:96v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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