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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [245r] (500/1102)
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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Pearl Industry Bahrain, Contd.
-17-
between Europe and the East, especially by
Air, and improved living conditions in Bahrain
will induce more buyers to come here in the
future.
lone of the buyers pay cash down. Some-
•- times payments are not completed until the following
season but usually half is paid on purchase and
the rest three or four months later.
IE. BROKERS. Much of the actual buying and selling is done
by brokers who carry pearls from merchant to merchant offering
them for sale. Brokers get commission from the
buyer, or occasionally, by special arrangement,
from both parties. When the prospective buyer
has made a definite offer three chits are written
describing the weight of the pearls and amount
offered. The bidder keeps one chit, the
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
takes/the other one'and the third is placed with
the pearls which are sealed up by the
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
and left with the buyer until the owner decides
whether he will sell or not.
It is remarkable that though there is
ample opportunity for theft and cheating by
brokers very few cases of this sort actually occur.
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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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