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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [236r] (482/1102)
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
They are practically certain of a very good interest
on the money which they lend and they also compete
in the buying and selling of pearls in the market*
The biggest men in the pearl industry in Bahrain are
the merchants who finance the boats. They buy pearls,
cheaply, from their own Hakhudas and then sell at
good profits. Only a very few of them started life
as Wakhudas; most began as land merchants in a small
way, or #V brokers, gradually acquiring funds with which
to finance first one boat, and then another and in
some eases as many as twenty or thirty boats. J&uf
,4s these merchants do more of the big buying and selling
and speculate more on the fluctuations of the market
they stand more risk of disaster than the Uakhudas.
Every merchant tries to sell his pearls
locally during the season but most years one or two
big men stick out too long for higher prices and
have to follow the foreign buyers down to Bombay
hoping to sell in India.
(ii) ttftammas SYSTEM. This is a more profitable
system for the divers and iB the system mostly
used on the mainland. Ho land merchant enters into
the transaction. The Eakhuda finances the boat.
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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.
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Foliation: the system in use appears in the top right corner of each folio, circled.
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- 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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