مجموعة ٩/٣٠(٢) "تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي - ١٩٤٥ -" [و‎‎١‎٨] (١١٤٨/٣٥)

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In March th« Persian Government m?»de a general
distributianof cotton cloth on a basis of 3 s tres per
person. The cloth, however, was only suitable for women's
wear, and in an/ case little or any of it reached people
living in villages outside of Bushire . In November the
Persian Government abolished the piece-goods wonoply,
and merchants, were at the end of the year free to import
cloth.
(d)
Owing to plentiful rain d uring the winter of 1^44-
45 the 1*46 harvest was the bfsst for 23 years. The
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autumn rains were very late, and ploughing could not be
started till mid December. Tha rain which fell then,
however, was sufficient to encourage the hope of an average
Tssotf crop in 1^46. The date crop w* s also good, and the
price of dates wns lo^er then it has be*n at any tine
since 1^39.
Si-:CT;OU VII.
SHIiha G ‘A 'd CQ|>. cRC£j>
(a) Fifty British ships witn an aporbximate tonnage
of 1,SB,876 tons called at Bushire during the year.
The main Imports werr tea, sugar, pieco-ggods etc.; the
main exports consisted of gum tragacanth, gua arable,
•attari', assofoetida, wool and carpets.
(b) Owing to the great diminution of steamer traffic
in the Gulf, the owners of country craft have been enjoy*
ing a period of great prosperity. Dhows carry cargoes
of rice, potatoes, dried fruits, walnuts, ghee etc., to
ports on the Arab Coast, whence under a recognized system
of barter, they bring bac* tea, sugar and piece-goods.
(c) The It lead level) SitiMiM & .UI-
Production was malntai ed at the same level as
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Zthe previous year. in February a . owerful new electric
engine was imported from England and installed.