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File 1407/1918 'Kowait Trade Reports. (1911-1930)' [270v] (545/746)
The record is made up of 1 volume (368 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1912-12 Aug 1931. 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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in Persia whence it was imported before bj native
craft.
Wood for boats. —Owing to an Embargo, no
wood was imported on 1915*16 and the increase
in the current year is due to this fact.
IMPORTS BY BUGGALOWS.
Chandals.— Show an increase of £3,333 which
is due to rise in prices.
Dates, wet. —Show an increase of £1,983 which
is due to increased export to the interior.
Fish oil. —The quantity imported is lower than
in 1915-16 and the increase in the value is due
to the advance in price.
Rice.—Decrease of £2,586 is due to corre
sponding increase in imports by steamers.
Water. —A number of Kuwait water boats
have gone to Basrah for transport work which
appears to pay them better and the decrease is due
to this fact as well as to the sinking of a number
of new wells in the vicinity of the town.
Wheat. —Decrease of £4,666 is due to the
failure of crops in Persia. •
Wood for boats. —For reasons for increase see
remarks against wood imported by steamers.
EXPORTS BY STEAMERS.
Pearls.—Show an increase of £14,000 which
is due to a successful season.
Specie.—Shows an increase of £24,334 which
is due to dearth of drafts on Bombay.
EXPORTS BY BUGGALOWS.
Ghi.—Increase of £3,333 bis due to larger
quantity of ghi having come from Nejd.
Wheat.— The £1,000 represents value of
wheat re-shipped to Persia.
Freights, Shipping and Navigation— There
was no regular steamer service to Kuwait. The
British India and Arab steamers called occasionally
and only when sufficient inducement offered.
| The shortage of tonnage was, as null be seen from
/ the returns, made up bv local ocean-going
craft.
The following were the rates of freight by
steamers to Bombay and Karachi:—
April to July . £2 0 0 per ton.
August and September £3 6 8
October to December £2 0 0 ”
January to March £3 0 0
Telegraph.— Kuwait has at last been connected
with the outer world by an overland telegraph
line from Basrah. The want of telegraphic
communication was hampering the trade and!
commerce of the port. It is largely used by the *
people, especially by the mercantile community
and, although it is only a few months since the
office has been opened for public traffic I
the average number of messages received and*
despatched daily has already reached the figure
of 26. 8 1
Customs. —Up to February 1917 the import
and export duty was 4 per cent, excepting certain
articles such as tea, gold thread, silk and silk
goods, etc., on which 10 per cent, was charged. On
his accession the present Shaikh, His Excellency
Salim bin Mubarak, abolished the export duty and
introduced an uniform rate of 4 per cent, import
duty on all goods. This reform, it is expected,
will give a good impetus to the trade of the
port.
Boat-building.— Has been very brisk. 26
Mahaillas, 2 large booms and 5 large bellams were
built during the year, some of these were for
Government for transport work in the Shatt-al-
Arab. The value of these boats which is estima
ted to be £16,500, is not included in the trade
figures.
1 ransport.—The following were the rates of
transport to the interior in 1916-17 :—
I
1 or Julfi, Boraidah, Anizah and Kass'm §6—£ 0-9*0
per rnaund of 27 Yoghias—I2lilbs.
„ Shagra, Ozdair and Mamel . $5 —£ 0-10-6
as
per inaund of 27 Voehias
—121$lbs.
Exehange,-
—The rates of
exchange were
llows : —
per $100
per £
per £ T.
April
. £ 8-14-8
1-0-8£
0-18- 8
May
. „ 9- 6-8
1-0-8
0-18-111
June
o
•
*»-
6
1-1-2
0-19- 4
July
. „ 9- 4-8
1-1-2
0-19- 7
August
. „ 9- 4-10
1-1-10
1
o
o
September
. „ 9-14-8
1-4-2
1 -0- 6|
October
. „ 9-17-0
1-2-0
1- 0- 6J
November
op
o
r—I
1-2- ^
1- 0-11
December
. „ 10- 2-8
1-2-6
1- 1- 2*
January
. „ 10- 6-8
1-2-9
1- 1- 4|
February
. „ H- 6-8
1-2-11
1- 1- 5
March
. „ 11-17-2
•
1-2-7
8-*
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K. E. A. HAMILTON, Zieut.-Colonel,
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.
, Kuwait.
Kuwait,
The 7th October 1917.
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the Kuwait trade reports for the years 1912-1930.
The printed reports cover the period 1 April to 31 March and follow a similar format: a general narrative and sections on imports, exports, customs administration and lighterage, freight, shipping and navigation, sea fisheries, boat building, labour, minerals, domestic animals, agriculture, rainfall, public health, exchange rates and weights.
Also included are statistical tables showing total imports and total exports by country. Further tables show total imports and exports of principal articles and by sailing craft and steamers and by quantity and value.
Principal articles listed for imports include anchors, animals, arms and ammunition, barley, bamboos, cars, carpets, building materials, charcoal, coal, fruits, firewood, furniture, glass, goat hair, gunny bags, ironware, marine stores, oil products, petroleum, potatoes, rice, sail cloth, tobacco, and wood.
Tables for export of principal articles (by buggalows and steamers) list the item and the country to which it is exported. These include animals (to India), barley (to Muscat and Germany), and shark-fins (to India). Export destinations listed include India, Bahrain, Muscat, Germany, the Persian Coast, and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. .
Many of the reports include a map of Kuwait (folios 32, 54, 76, 95, 117, 145, 161, and 198).
The report is sent by 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. , Kuwait, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department and then forwarded to the Permanent-Secretary, Political Department, 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. , London. Covering minute papers of the Secret Department note the year of the report and sometimes also give a viewpoint.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (368 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 370; 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.
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- Title
- File 1407/1918 'Kowait Trade Reports. (1911-1930)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:370v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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