"ملف 8/16 تقارير استخباراتية بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٤] (٤٣٢/٤٠٧)

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rice f GO oer c^ndy. Examination of merchants’ invoices shows
jcent weeks hnve been mcde ct or bel -w
cricOo Mohammed cl Ii^rzook ? K°r o chi shipoor ^ ho
been niven ° preponderating share of the exoort tr°de to B hra"
th'°t no purchases
th
h s
'Control'
recently sent an invoice showing the purchase price of ’Ambar' ^ric
(a variety of ’Bawli’ rice) as Fs 112/6/- per candy 0 If B^hr^in
merchants do not ppy the price demanded by Karachi shippers they
cannot secure shipment of their orders
have rice - must have rice
to be paid however high they
at any cost
may be«
md
the
sine
pric
(iv) Inflation in Iran has put the pric 2 of d
country beyond the means of outside buyers=^ Even
which are fed to cattle and the price of which was
per bag 5 are now over Es 30/- per bag 0 Inferior
Bahrain dates P formerly fed to animals, are now b
human consumption, and animals are being
India. When the stock of locally grown
increase in rice consumption will be inevitable
Bahrain must
3 charged h n v
! t
tes from th*
date stories 9
formerly I 4/-
gualities of
eing kept for
fed on bran imoorted from
dates is exhausted we
249c Food s upplies - Sau d i .ArfMf«
Reference par 0 238 (ii) of Intelligence nummary Foo2 : - ox
1942 in which it was reported that an .attempt wms being made te
control food prices in Hasao Further information now ^vai °o
shows that maximum prices have been fixed for the sale of ' qu r 'ta
foodstuffs at present in Saudi Arabia 0 ’'Biota’ foodstuffs
arriving in future will be handed over by Messrs „ Gray Macl_emMj
to Saudi Government Customs Officials who will issue them to
merchants who ar e p.ble to pay for them in rials 0 Merchants to
whom such issues are made will be allowed to sell ^o th-j public
at ° price which allows them a profit of 10% o Ko pric j contr d.
will be imposed in respect of sales^of piece goods
merchandise already .stocked in 3audi Arabia 0 The
and general
sale price o
future imports will, however, be fixed
merchants a profit of 20% 0
figure which a 11 ows
250o Currency
During the period under report the price of sover, : - 'ns
rose gradually from Fs 48 to Fs 56 e
P 251c The Ruling Family c
HJIo the Ihm'ikh's two uncles have gone to the^m a inland
on their custom°rv hawking and shooting expeditions o ^h FI. ^
Mohammed bin Isp =.l Kh”.lif".h h^s sont his launch to T '.uwp.it wit:
his servants a.nd baggage while he himself has crossed direct im
the mainlando He is expected to be away about a monuh, ^/c mil
probably visit Kuwait before he returns to B a hr ° i n 0
Abdullah bin Isa al Khalifah has gone on a separate expedition o.
the mainland and will only be away for ten days or a i ortmgh »
P 252o T hp Pearl Mar ke t 0
In the last f qw weeks, as the result of an insistent dpnm l
for pearls from India, the'local price of pearls has risen ey
;.bout 30%! ' Kpkhodps Pnd divers Hpvo "Irerdy disposed of t ie
catch to merchants, and will thereiore deri ve no dir^cx
season' s
benefit from the brisker market
253 o Bahrain J/etrcleum L C ompa ny
Tvres, tubes, spare parts for cars, wire cj ^all kinds
batteries, generators, machine tools ~ in f-^co.
all kinds of
motor or engine accessories - are unobtainable in the loca
market. Since these articles cannot be obtained by ^ honest- me a s,
and since their oossession is essential to the livelihood-
great many persons, high prices are paid to anyone who can sipoo.y
them. The only source of supply is the Bahrain .etroleim n