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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [243r] (496/1102)
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.
-15-
W)
was
that advances, especially the Teskam, should be
gradually reduced. Ueither the Divers themselves
.
or the irakhudas like this so lately^ H. E. Shaikh
Hamad has refrained from reducing them# A reduc
tion was made in the Teskam last year, and resulted
in a demonstration from the divers. Since then
no reductions have been made. The Government
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gets very little credit for the Diving Reforms;
the Divers themselves do not appreciate the
object of them, the lakhudas as a whole dislike
I
them, and many of the big merchants would prefer
the old system of unlimited advances and interest
and no proper accounts between divers and their
lakhudas,
10. ACCOUNTS. Since the Reforms each lakhuda has to keep
two accounts.
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i. General account^ showing, on credit
side the receipts from sale of pearls
and on the deb^jfc side the nature and
amount of exe&y expenditure any part
of which falls on the crew.
ii» An account book showing each diver's
particular account on a separate page.
Each diver has a small account book in
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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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