"الملف 35/5 تطوير أراضي الرعي (إمدادات من بلاد فارس)" [و‎‎٣] (١١٨/٥)

GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN.
D.o.No./rr?-^^
Adviserat©, June EE, 1946,
Reference your D # o*No. C/593 dated 5th June
1945, I have gone into the question of firewood
and have considered the possible affect upon our
supplies which would be caused if wood was not
forthcoming from Persia. Though most of the wood
which we use is imported to Bahrain by Persian craft
yet only about 10 % of it is grown in Persia, the
remainder comes from the Batna coast. If Persia
tightened the control on native craft and reduced
( the trade between her coast and Bahrain we would
suffer severely from lack of meat, certain cereals,
dry vegetables such as onions and potatoes and many
other necessary commodities but the reduction in
imported wood would not affect Bahrain very seriously.
S. I agree that it would be of lasting value to
Bahrain if grazing grounds could be developed which
would support herds of cattle, sheep and goats. At
present, in years when the rainfall is normal, there
is grazing in Bahrain for up to five or six thousand
head of cattle and sheep for two or three months during
spring. If fresh water were found on Hawar Island the
grazing would be considerably augmented. In my opinion
the main obstacle in developing grazing grounds is the
lack of water. The average rainfall is about S inches
which is I imagine very much lower than the rainfall
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Coni." Ji&L
B A HR Am RECEIPT.