A good year for pearling

[Bahrain]. - British Foreign Office. Persian Gulf. Report for the Year 1909-10 on the Trade of the Bahrein Islands (Diplomatic and Consular Reports, No. 4602 Annual Series).

€ 450,00

A consular trading report for Bahrain which deems 1909 a particularly successful year for the pearl industry. The account stresses the importance of pearls as the one resource "the whole wealth of the island depends upon", followed only by pearl oyster shells, the export rates of which have skyrocketed in the year under report. Includes various tables of imports and exports to and from the Bahrain islands from 1907 to 1910, mentioning the import of fruits and vegetables, charcoal, firewood and spices from the Emirates. Among exported goods to the Gulf are coffee, dates, gold lace, metal, kerosene, and sugar.