"ملف 8/8 التقرير الإداري للوكالة ١٩٢٢-١٩٣٠" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٠] (٤٧٤/٤٠٤)

pearls to India are not ‘believed to have sold half of them,
and it is feared that conditions may be nExtworse next year.
The total value of trade amounted to Rs 4,04,45,915, ag
as compared with Rs 3,71,26,590 in ^ ear ’
total value of Imports amounted to Rs 2J&0'fi9 r 35QX as agaist
Rs 2,50,79,350 in the preceding year. The Exports amounted
to 1,36,94,448 as against 1,20,47,240 in the preceding year, 1)11
J 7 7 | 11
but this figure is not accurate since few of the pearls ex
ported are declared^ at the proper value, if declared at all.
The prices have come down in the boat building in
dustry, and a number of launches were made. Kelvin engines
upto 72 H.P. are successfully put into locally made hulls, and
appear quite satisfactory.
130 British and 10 Oennan ships entered the port ,
during the year, as compared with 96 British and 7 Oeniian \
vessels during the past year. The increase in British ships
is principally due to the more frq^uent arrival o^ Strick
Ellerman vessels, the Persian Customs difficulties having
made transhipment at Bunder Abbas impossible. The change is
all to the advantage of Bahrain, and though the Strick
cargoes are not heavy, they will no doubt increase.
The S.S. Barenfels of the Hansa Line ran aground
on the Pasht Adhbal. This is the third stranding on this reef
in three years, and a powerful light is urgently required
either on the Pasht Adhbal or somewhere on the 10 fatnom line ^
to tne north of it. The tonnage of the vessels entering Banrai
is a quarter of the tonnage of vessels entering the port of
Basra ( excluding Abadan ) but though the Basra lights are
innumerable Bahrain has but two. The matter is being represent
ed.
The following visits were paid by His Majesty's
Ships
14-16 Jamuary H.M.S. Triad .
1st April " Lupin.
18th April " Crocus.