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92 • Iho Poaplla^
. , .Ouj'inj! tha last faw days of April paarling craft h»va bamin
- th ?.P^' rlln S banks. Tha eaaaon has he,-»un^in
Of ?T^om ^♦K Pt £? 1 2 m *i rhioh cont r“ 8t8 a^onoly with the atmosohara
onie 1 ^!" 1 ^ ^ ioh th 2 P I ' 0S P Q « t3 °* the "diva" wara dnviaa'ted
n-kLi^T rZ l Cj7 ° b i r 0P^3antativo pearl merchants and
in^ho fJ*..J ha 'i eh ' nnS ?. Df outlook 13 du® to a number of causes,
f * r . 3t Pl«cs» it was realised several months a^o by the
Khhat»n????? 0nt ^ unemployment and economic distress would
ba substantially relieved if pearling operations could be under-
tckan on a largo scale this year. They therefore took timely
t0 ,? lv 2 PJ^tioa.l encouragement to owners of pearlin'* boats
o11 who finance diving operations. Diving foes for' the
Oc.scn were waived, and it was announced several weeks ap>o that
provisions for the pearling fleet would not have to be purchased
in th„ open market but would be made available by the Bahrain
Government in adequate quantity and at a concession price. To
nnnt stimulus to enterprise has been added encourago-
rw?n-> 1 ?/^?v, UnaXp + C < ed J forra " P rlco o:f pearls has again risen
owing to the sustained demand from the Indian market. '
alao m ? nt,h for tha Bahrain Government - and
^° t f ^ thG 1 Poll ^ lcal J ^? nt » who had suggested that they should
^P* ^he policy described above. At the beginning of April the
dates ordered from Basrah had still not arrived, and the stock
of cereals in the island was insufficient to provide both for the
fo-+,mn 8 +^ Ce + ? ’ nd , for the resident population. But the wheel of
fortune then turned; several shipments of cereals arrived, and
favourable winds brought the long-awaited dates from Basrah. No
r’”- ^ n . B ''? r!> i n 0X0 °P t H is Highness the Shaikh, the Adviser to
Gover « ment ^ nd the 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. knew how near the
G °V 2 rnmont was to failing in its undertaking to provide
f<n^ f * r thQ P earl inS fleet; and, since this knowledge was con-
fined tc so few f public oonfidenao rem^inod unirapp.irod,
being issued to the crews of pe^rlin/^ bo^ts on
the following sc^le
Riqe 6^ lbs per head per month
Wheat l&J lbs ,f »»
Dates 48 lbs ,f
93. _The Shaikh of Qatar
^ Shaikh Abdullah bin Oyisim al Thani, C.I.B., Bulor of Oatar.
has been seriously ill with gastric trouble. He was visited in
the last week of April by Dr. Storm who reports that the Shaikh
is now convalescent.
94. M^teoroi,on;^a;
Maximum temperature •• 104on April 29th
Minimum temperature .. 66.8 on April 16th
Humidity exceeded 80 % on ten days and 905$ on four days,
the maximum being 94% on April 24th.
Sd/- S.B, Wakefield.
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.