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Coll 30/29 'Persian Gulf, Kuwait: Trade Reports 1930/31 to 19..' [46r] (91/408)
The record is made up of 1 file (202 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1932-1 Jan 1948. 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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Report on the Trade of Kuwait for the year 1938-39
^ (1st April 1938 to 31st March 1939).
BY
Major A. C. Galloway, O.B.E.,
Political A%ent, Kuwait-
PART I.
1. General.
2. Currency.
3. Weights and Measures.
> See Trade Report
I for 1937-38.
4. Pearl Fishing .—
Total catch during 1938-39 was valued at Rs.
1 , 20 , 000 .
5. Customs Administration and"
Lighterage.
6. Sea Fisheries —
V
See Trade Re
port for
1937-38.
7. Freight, Shipping and Navi
gation.
8. Communications.
9. Boat Building .—
A total of 11 large boats valued at between
twelve and thirty thousand
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
each were built
at Kuwait during the period under review. A
very large number of smaller boats built are not
accounted for.
10. Labour. —Average price of labour as for
previous years.
11. The year 1938-39. —The figures for the year
show that trade continued at much the same level
as last year. There was a slight increase in imports
and exports fell of slightly.
12. Imports .—Total imports by sea valued
Rs. 6,829,706 showing an increase of 514 per cent
over the previous year’s figure.
Analysis shows that 45 06 per cent of the imports
were from India, 10 81 per cent from Iraq, 15‘59
per cent from the Persian Coast, 9 02 per cent
from the United Kingdom, 581 per cent from
Japan, 5 80 per cent from the Arab Coast and 7 91
per cent from other countries.
13. Exports. —Exports by sea valued at
Rs. 22,56,564 showing a very slight decrease over
last years figure which was Rs. 23,20,075.
Export trade was made up as follow's :—
33 85 per cent to India, 38 90 per cent to the
Arab Coast, 1816 per cent, to Iraq and 9 09
per cent to the Persian Coast.
14. Rainfall .—
Inches.
November, 1938
. 004
December, 1938
. 141
January, 1939 .
076
February, 1939
262
March, 1939
. 0-28
15. Public Health. —Health on the whole was
good and there were no epidemics during the year.
PART H.
(A) Trade.
1. General Conditions. —These did not change
materially during the year from past years. The
Kuwait Oil Company continued drilling but had
not established themselves on a commercial basis
by the end of the year.
2. New Items of Trade. —Nil.
3. Foreign Competition. —A Syrian concern to
sell Brazilian coffee was opened, which, together
with one Indian General Store and a few Indian
tailors comprises the sum total of foreign com
petition.
4. Russians. —No trade with Kuwait.
5. Japanese and their methods. —As reported in
report for 1936-37 and 1937-38.
(B) Financial.
No bank has been opened. The more important
merchants continued to act as bankers vis-a-vis
small traders. Other business is conducted through
the banks in Basra.
* TU PH. * tT
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This file contains copies of annual Kuwait Trade Reports that were prepared by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait. These reports contain detailed information related to trade, exchange, imports, exports and shipping in/out of Kuwait. In addition to copies of these reports, the file also contains a limited amount of related correspondence, primarily cover letters.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (202 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front 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 204; 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 2-202; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled.
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- front, front-i, 2r:41v, 43r:61v, 63r:203v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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