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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [244r] (498/1102)
The record is made up of 1 volume (547 folios). It was created in 21 Sep 1926-27 Dec 1933. 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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The Pearl Industry, Bahrain, Contd
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in which the lakhuda enters that diver's particular
account, showing the balance after each season.
This book corresponds to the Kakhuda's Ho. E account
but is kept in the possession of the diver himself.
A number of official diving clerks, appointed
the Government, are authorised to make up diving
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accounts. They have offices in Manama and in
Maharrak and are allowed to charge a small fixed
rate for making up accounts.
11. THE MARKET. Most of the important buying and selling
is done on shore. The biggest buyers are the
Continental merchants, ^ Rosenthal and Pack, Mohomedali
Zainal and his partner Bienenfield, and one or two
Indian and Persian merchants. They usually arrive
just after the opening of the main season and leave
a week or two after it closes. The^ pearls are
polished and graded in Bombay and then taken to
Paris and London for sale to English and American
buyers. If more big buyers came from Europe local
prices would be higher and Bahrain would profit et
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Trade Reports and related correspondence, Bahrain. The file includes trade reports, Bahrain, for the financial years 1924-25 to 1931-32, inclusive, with associated correspondence. The reports list twenty-five countries from which imports were received (notably India, Iraq, Arabia, and Persia) under the general headings of animals; animals for slaughter; building materials; cereals; dyeing and colouring materials; oils; pearls, shells and specie; provisions; textiles and fabrics; and miscellaneous; and twelve countries to which exports were sent (notably India, Arabia, Persia, Iraq, Africa, England [United Kingdom], Belgium, Japan, and Java) under the general headings of building materials; cereals; fuel; oils; pearls, shells, and specie; provisions; textiles and fabrics; and miscellaneous. The file also includes a report on the Bahrain pearl industry by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, with covering letter to Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, 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. , Bahrain, dated 19 December 1928.
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- 1 volume (547 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the system in use appears in the top right corner of each folio, circled.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1344
- Title
- 'File 10/4 I Trade Reports'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1dv, 2r:225v, 226v, 227v, 228v:293v, 294v:309v, 310ar, 310br:310bv, 311r:338v, 339ar, 339r:359v, 359ar:359av, 360r:362v, 363v:366v, 368v:370v, 373v:417v, 418v:462v, 463v:470v, 471v:524v, 525v:529v, 530v:531v, 535v:543v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence