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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [159r] (328/1102)
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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REPORT OH Tm TRADE OF THE SAfiRElM ISLMDS FOR y
THE fEAR BIDlMG 31ST MARCH 1927.
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^IRODUOTlOM .
A gwieral clesoription of the physical* political and
oonnorcial peculiarities of the islands is given in the
report for the year 1911-12 (Annual Series No,5052)• The
permanent population is estimated at 115000,
TRADE,
The total value of trade amounted to £S»012*980 as against
£2»776»646 in 1925-26 showing an increase of £236»354 or 8 *5
per cent.
The total value of imports amounted to £1>897»55I as
compared with £1»621»869 in 1925-26 showing an increase of
£275*682 or 17.0 per cent. The increase was chiefly in specie
and cotton goods,
EXPORTS ,
The total value of exports for the year amounted to
£1*115*429 as against £1*154*777 in 1925-26 showing a decrease
of 39*34e or 3,4 per cent.
The pearl trade dominated the commercial situation the
following table shows the movements of general merchandise
as compared with pearls and species:-
IkPORTS,
Year Specie
Pearl
Total of
pearl &
specie.
General
merchan-
di se,
Total
imports.
£
1925-26 169*791
£
23*674
£
193*465
£
1* 428,404
£
1* 621*039
1926-27 469,476
15*370
404*846
1*412*705
1*897,551
Percentage
of increase-h63,8
or decrease.
-35,1
+ 60.1
-1,1
+ 17.0
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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)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the system in use appears in the top right corner of each folio, circled.
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- 'File 10/4 I Trade Reports'
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- 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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