"ملف 8/16 ملخص استخباراتي بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎١‎٤] (١٧٤/٢٧)

No.4 of 1949.
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SECRET.
BAHRAIN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY FOR PERIOD
16th to 28th February, 1949.
29. MOVEMENTS OF OFF ICIALS.
(i) Reference paragraph 20 (iii) of Intelligence
Summary No.3.
On the 24th Mr. C.J. Pelly, O.B.E., Political
Agent, Bahrain, returned from the United Kingdom.
(ii) On the 27th Mr. G.N. Jackson, M.B.E., left
by 'plane for Kuwait.
30. V ISIT ORS.
On the 2nd Major Beamish, Conservative Member
of Parliament for Lewes, Sussex, arrived in Bahrain from
Kuwait as the guest of M. Emile Bustaneh of the Contract
ing and Trading Company, Beirut.
(ii) On the 18th Mr. F. Bosworth, a private air
craft operator,arrived in Bahrain in his own aircraft. He
hopes to obtain the Bahrain Government's approval for the
establishment of an aircraft charter and training organisa
tion at Muharraq aerodrome in which he would later interest
local investors.
31. LOCAL AFFAIRS.
(i) Bahrain C oinage .
. „ . Highness Shaikh Salman is considering the
introduction of his own metal coinage for small denomination
coins from and including 8 annas downwards. It has been
estimated that the quantity of such coins in circulation in
Bahrain is from 5 to 6 lakhs.
(ii) Taxi Cars .
The considerable profits that were earned by
- taxi-car owners (often as much as Rs.1,200/- to Rs.1,500/-
a month) induced many Bahrainis to enter the taxi-car
business, and there have been constant additions since the
ena of the war of new model American and, later, English
cars to the taxi fleet. The business has now reached
saturation point (there are 236 taxis and taxi buses for
c.n urban population of 48,000 persons, many of whom travel
by oil company vehicle, private car, or donkey), profits
nave fallen by more than half, and the Bahrain Government
is reported to be refusing to issue any further tfexj car
licences.
(iii) Gold .
difference in price between the market
price of gold in Bahrain, where it is sold at Rs.80/- per
tola, and Bombay, where it is sold at Rs.120/- per tola,
encouraged some local Indians to buy gold in the one place
an sell it in the other. The gold was made up into
feminine ...
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