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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [‎239r] (488/1102)

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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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on the Selafieh system, who received any earnings.
Almost every Bahrain diver is in debt to his uakhuda,
but three years ago the debts were even heavier than
they are now, The better the diver, the greater
the debt, not because he does not earn more, but
because being a good worker, he has been lent more
money in the past in order to put him into debt
and bind him permanently to his Kakhuda.
Since the Diving Reforms the Government has
laid down the amount of advances which Nakhudas may
make, but recently the Uakhudas have evolved a method
of circumventing these orders. They lend money
to divers whom they wish to retain, and do not
enter it into their books. The diver signs a
separate receipt and most of the divers believe
that these side loans bind them to dive for their
Uakhudas. If a Uakhuda claimed the right to keep
a diver with him on account of a side loan the
L Court would dis-regard the claim, but the divers
do not realise this at present.
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The following are the amounts of the
advances since the reforms. Previously good

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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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English in Latin script
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