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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [234r] (478/1102)
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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banks without a quantity of dried fresh limes.
Quite a number of cases of fish bites occur,
especially by a large fish, not a shark, which
inflicts a straight cut like that of a sword.
During the season the Government's
hospital boat, a large well-eguipped boom, which
was purchased four years ago, remains out at the
banks and the Indian Sub Assistant Surgeon deals
with cases of illness among the divers. Most of
the Bahrain lakhudas seem to be particularly callous
about the health of their divers. They do not
^ understand that temperorily^release a sick
diver will be more profitable in the long run.
There are quite a number of blind men among the
divers. Blindness does not incapacitate them
from diving.
6. DIVING SYSTEMS. Divers do not receive wages. They
are supposed to share in the profits of the boats
catch. They also receive advancesjrloans, from
their »akhudas. Various systems are practised
in Bahrain of which the most important are the
following.
y (1) SELAJIBH, or loan system. Is the most wni-
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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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- 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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