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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [241r] (492/1102)
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 Pearling Industry Bahrain, Contd.
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Divers did not even receive the full amounts
which were debited against them as much of it
consisted of heavy interest. Goods such as
rice t totacco etc# were also charged against
the divers at exhorbitant prices. Yery often
they did not receive them. Ko proper accounts
were kept so the men could never check the
amounts which they were said to owe. Often
when a diver died his sons were compelled to
dive for the father's Nakhuda. THey also
were lent money and soon became bound to the
lakhuda, and so the system flourished.
The greatest difficulty in attempting to
improve conditions ajc^ the diver^ thsja&eives.
Tjjje-y are vey improvident and absolutely illiterate.
Most of them do know how much they owe. As
long as they receive advances and are young, they
do not bother about the debts, but when they
begin to feel incapable of diving they find them
selves forced to dive because they owe money.
Education will be the greatest protection for
the divers against being swindled, but 'fefe© at the
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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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- Open Government Licence