File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget' [24r] (58/382)
The record is made up of 1 volume (187 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1924-11 Sep 1931. 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 time heing, will almost cease and divers who can
collect a few hundred
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
will hire a "boat and go out
for short spells on the Khammas system, which means that
they will take no advances and the JMakhuda will receive
1 / 5 th of the profits. This system has much to recommend
it and is almost universally practised on the mainland. It
is free from many abuses that exist in the Selafieh system
the divers themselves obtain a fairer share of the profits
without increasing their debts to their ^akhudas, but it
is not popular with the Tajalfs as they have no prior claim
on the catches and they lose their hold on the o.ivers.
PROSPECTS FOR COMIES SEASONS. Owing to the decrease in
the boats which will probably go out diving in the coming
season it is likely that the catch will be very small,
although this will effect the divers very badly, and
cause much want and unemployment, it will be perhapo
advantageous to the industry as a whole, xhe pe 2 l banks /
will be less disturbed for a season and may therefore
produce better results the following year, when it is to
■be Hopei the market will have returned to normal condition
the unsold stocks of pearls which are now held the
Bahrain merchants are sufficient without any new pearls,
to supply the market for a year.
COMPARISON OF S3AS0NS 1347/1348 and 1348/49. From
figures oBtained from the officially recognised diving
clerks of Muharrak and Hiddax a fairly accurate estimate
of the results of the two seasons can oe ootamed.
Many of the Biggest Boat owners keep their own
diving clerks But the following statistics are from k49
Boats whose accounts are dealt with ’
Total number of boats which went ^09
to the banks from ales 1347 / 48 - 33 . 27 , 09 , 000 /-
249 boats: total value Ca 48 / 49 -Rs. 1 0,50,000/-
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TBis su. represents tte »“ rl5 ^
tne nattudee or toe Poets „PioB Is »»°”6
i\akhuda
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Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda relating to the finances of the Bahrain state. The papers cover a number of matters, including the appointment and retention of Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave as Financial Adviser in Bahrain, annual budgets and reports, and the economic situation in the country more generally. Correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and Belgrave himself.
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The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 183; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-72, and between ff 93-122; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget'
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- 177r:182v, 160r:160v, 128r:146v, 95r:122v, 86r:87v, 8r:72v
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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