'الملف 10/6 الغوص للبحث عن اللؤلؤ وتجارة اللؤلؤ: مراسلات بهذا الشأن:' [و‎‎١‎٩] (٤٤/٣٧)

Kote on Levy Rocruits* Diving Debts.
The majority of the Baiirala recruits ar© men employed
in peari fiiTtag, divers and pullers. The Diving System in
Bahrain is a profit sharing undertaking, divers do not
rocolw pay but at tae end of the season they racuivc a
share in the profits of the boat which is divided uiuong
divers, pullers and nakhudi.
Divers receive certain advances from their nakhudas
during the off season and during the dive. The maximum
amounts are laid down by Gove ma ant proclamation every year
The advances preceding the present diving season were as
follows;-
diver puller
fp
(during the off season) its. 30/-
Tesquaa
(imediately before going
to dive) 50/-
EharJieh
(in the middle of the season) EO/- 15/-
acceptanoe of these advances binds the diver to
work for his nakhud a during the following season. A diver
who takes his Teaquam and fails to dive is liable to punish-
Wi
majority of divers are peruiansntly in debt to their
, in spite of various regulations designed to put
an end to this state of things. These debts vary from
under 1 $, 50/- to over is. 1000/-. Old divers who worked
before the Diving Kef orris were instituted have heavy debts,
aenwho started diving since the Refoms cm small amounts,
ine avurag® debt in these days is about &>• 200/-.
Every diver has a small account book, issued by Oovern-
aent, showing his financial iposition with debits of advances,
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interest on advances and credit from share in profits. Those