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Political Agency*
Bahrain* the 8 th April 1934*
Prom
lieutenant Colonel Gordon Loch,I*A*,
Political Agent, Bahrain.
The Honourable the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf*
B U S H I H S.
Sir,
I have the honour to address you on the subject of
encouraging the trade in British Beet Sugar to Bahrain.
2. The following table compares the position of British
Beet Sugar with its two competitors*-
Average weight
of sugar (including
the bag).....
./eight of empty bag
Wholesale price per
bag(February 1934)
Retail price per lb,
(approximately)....
/eight in cwts
imported in the years
1929- 30.
1930- 31.
1931- 32.
1932- 33.•
British Beet
- -Sugar
Java Cane
Sugar
Russian Beet
Sugar
228 lbs.
228 lbs
226 lbs
4y lbs
5 lbs
3? lbs
fc. 12 /-
R. 12 /-
T 12 /—
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R.-/ 1 /-
&«-/!/
TUI
49,940
Nil
Nil
88,200
Nil
8*400
75,630
11,154 x
14,700
50.420
22*320
3. Hie sugar is double-bagged and in the case of Russian
Sugar, is occasionally treble bagged (when the total weight Of
the bags is 5 to 5r lbs). The British bags are thought ta be
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looser woven than the bags used by exporters from Java and
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owing to