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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [257r] (524/1102)
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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notorloualy corrupt diving Court.
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TiiB iiiUtK: !♦ Host of the iraportant buy Inn; and mllirg ifi ' f l|
don© on oliore• f!i# biggect buyers are the Continental o^r- #
chante, Messrs Sosenthal and Pack, Moliaaodali Zainal and hie ^
partner Bienenfield, and one or two Indian and :?erel«n raer^A^*
chant®. TLiey usually arrive Juet after the opening of the
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raain season and leave a week or two after it closes. Hie
pearls are polished and graded in Bonbay and then taken to
i'aris and London for sale to English and Anerican buyers.
If sore big buyers cane from Europe local prices would he
higher and Bahrein would profit. Possibly easier concmni-
cation between Surope and the Saet, especially by Air, and
inproved living conditions in Bahrein will induce nore
buyer® to ©one here in the future.
lion© of the buyers pay cash down. Soneti nee rmynente
are not ooopleted until the followlo/? ©taron but usually half
is paid on purchase and the nnainder oarried ov^r for "* or
4 nontlis.
BivJKiSfib. «uoh of the actual buying and celling ic don©
by brokers who carry pearls fron aerohant to mrohant
ol1"ring thttn for Bale. Brokers get connirrlon fron the
buyer, or occasionally, by special arrangement, fron both
parties. Mien the prospective buyer hao nade a definite
offer tlire© notes are written describing the weight of th©
pearls and amount offered. Hi© bidder keepe one note, tii©
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
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which are sealed up by the brofeer and ieft 7-11?' the bv
until the owner decided whether he will sell or not.*
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/1344
- Title
- 'File 10/4 I Trade Reports'
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- 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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