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'Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937' [10v] (20/86)
The record is made up of 1 volume (43 folios). It was created in 1937. 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 NATURS
watchmer^AIrhrMmh'th 0f abOUl ' j 0 '"u" a 110 l re em P Io y ed in Manamah and Muharraq as town
or sh, nHn,r Th 8 ey j rc a u r W ' th they do no d,:il, a,ld are no' instructed in musketry
dntv k t 0 't u a \ C un 1 j e comman d of the Amirs of Manamah and Muharraq. Their chief
duty , s to patrol the bazaars and streets of the two towns during the night and to asslt the nohce
in any emergency. They are a cheap and useful force and an effective 1 preventative airainst ^heft
They are pa.d Rs 25/- per month and they receiye no rations or clothingT«ptTwhke^h „ and
a headdress which they wear on official occasions. Men who are likely candidates for
arc frequently posted to the natur force until a vacancy occurs in the police- in this wav thev ort
some training before becoming policemen. The naturs arc especklirusefuT for kvesti'at^
rA^tnd AfoSLNCO "^h 0 ' "t ? SeS - , In SpS °f-cadona. fticirEn
ne /unns and tne police N.C.O. s, the naturs and the police work well together.
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AND REVENUE
E s wWishme n nt and f^, CUSt0mS ° e P aitmc " t in its form has existed for about
Establishment. fourteen years. Before then the late Ruler was in the habit of farming
<-1, c j OU i t: customs to certain Hindu merchants, which was unsatisfactory
j t0 • mercantlIe community. In 1923 the Government of India lent to the
on TnS Gover " n \ ent a special officer to organise a regular customs department which was based
on Indian methods and the Bill of Entry system In 1924 IVfr P T • i
Director of Customs, and he continues L hoW the po^
system and department was appreciated by the public. stoms
i. Sr. tas - *
The customs staff consists of the Director of Customs and nine senior Indian rWkc m™<-i
men of long seryice, and about a dozen local clerks, of whom eight joined the denartmenTfrom
he Go\ernment schools. In addition to the clerical staff there are "about twenty-five iiaturs manv
attacheTtr^KSMf the dtscendants of the Baluc hi bodyguard who have been
« TK • Khal ' tah , shalkhs fo r man y y"K. Customs officials are ported at Muhatraa and
lef Smuggling."® " PreVent,Ve SerViCe, " the l0Cal POliCe and Mtu ' s employed to detect
Revenue. 1. Customs Duty. Customs revenue is obtained from customs duties
local marl^f k Import Yard charges. Duty is assessed at/ valorem, accordino- to the
of duty ^ bUt 10 PraCtlCe the lnV01Ce P rice of g 00ds is normalJ y accepted for assessment
Lntil 1351 (1932-33), customs duty on goods of every kind was 5°/ • licmor was c c
customs duty as it was regarded as an immoral imoort In 13^1 imported free of
and V5%^was^charged ^ "" wasra^eTt ^t
iniKrli^^
imported goods, is charged according to a scale of fixed charges based nnt nJ?™ i occupied by
r a^t^rns ^g^ys" ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ da> ' S ' but ^
3. Porterage. Porterage is charged for moving cargo from the pier to the sheds.
4. Pier Fees Wharfage is charged according to a fixed tariff and includes 'Bilarfiva ' n r
municipal tax. which has now been abolished as a separate charge. "iladiya. or
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This volume is an administration report covering the years 1926 to 1937 (though in some subjects the report goes further back than 1926) and deals mainly with the activities of the Bahrain Government. It includes text, photographic images, graphs and tables. The report was based on annual reports of the financial and government departments which are made every year. A contents page can be found on folio 3, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, dated December 1937 (folio 4).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Finance (folio 5): Revenue;
- The State Police and Public Security (folios 5v-10v): The Levy Corps, Political Disturbances, Attempt to assassinate the Shaikh, Indian Levy Corps, Crime and Prostitution, Drugs and Liquor, The State Jail, The Present Police Force, Administration and Routine, Changing Nature of Duties, Recent Innovations, Police Band, Camel Section, Shooting, Uniforms, Police Training in India, and The Naturs;
- Customs Department and Revenue (folios 10v-13v): Organisation and Establishment, Revenue (Customs Duty, Import Yard charges, Khanchieh, Porterage, Pier Fees, Landing Company, Mainland Cargo, Optional Cargo System, Transhipment Cargo), Transit Cargo, Export Dues, Boat-Building, Customs Improvements, Steamship Lines, and Future Improvements;
- Judicial (folios 13v-19v): Institution of Courts, The Bahrain Court (Criminal Cases, Civil Cases, Diving Cases, Land Cases, Fish-Trap Cases), The Bahrain Small Court, Shera [Sharia] Court (Sunni and Shia), The Mejlis Tajara [Majlis Tijārah] and Diving Court, Small Mixed Court, Laws and Codes, Police Regulations, and Judicial Legislation (Diving Regulations, Wakils Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. , Mortgages, Appeals, Statute of Limitations, Liability of Government Servants);
- Public Works (folios 19v-23v): Roads, Buildings (Suk al-Khamis [Sūq al-Khamīs] Mosque, Idari Water Channel and Mosque, Manamah School and Workshop, Barracks, Police Station, New Customs House, Shops, Palace Wall, Law Courts, Bazaar Buildings, Jufair Naval Base, and Manamah-Muharraq Road;
- Land Registration (folios 23v-24v): Survey, Reports on Land Cases, Registration of Sales and Titles, Mortgages, Government Title Deeds, Fish-Traps, and Leases and Government Forms;
- Education (folios 24v-27v): Formation of an Education Committee, Muharraq School Built, Jaffarieh [al-Ja‘farīyah] School, Opening of a Girls' School, Appointment of a School Inspector, Strike of Students and Masters, Reforms in the Schools, Disappearance of School Committees, Amalgamation of Manamah Boys' Schools, Technical Education, Bahrain Boys at Beyrout University [American University of Beirut], Education of the Ruling Family, and Future Development of Education;
- Electric Department (folios 27v-29r): Original Installation, Muharraq Extension, Share of Municipalities, Progress, State Engineer, Progress, First Profitable Year, Future Prospects, Telephone System, and Summary of Seven Years' Working;
- Agriculture (folios 29r-31v): Land Tenure, Date Cultivation, Lucerne, Cereals, Cotton, Tobacco, Fruit Trees, and Vegetables.
- Wakf [Waqf] Administration (ff. 31v-35r): Nature of Wakfs, Shaikh Khalaf, Syed Adnan's Administration, Appointment of a Council, Previous attempts to organise Wakf Department, Progress of Administration and Elections, Results, Future Development, and Sunni Wakf Administration;
- Passport Department (folio 35r);
- Municipalities (folios 35r-38r): Constitution and History (Manamah and Muharraq), Municipal Finance, Municipal Taxation, Municipal Achievement, Roads, Manamah (Conservancy, Sanitation, Water Supply, Malaria, Fire Precautions, Markets and Food Regulations, Public Health Measures, Gardens, Cemeteries), and Muharraq Municipality;
- The Pearl-Diving Industry (folios 38r-40v): General, The Diving System, The Reforms, Demonstrations by Divers, The Slump, Diving Mortgages, Divers' Debts, Transfer of Divers, The Catch, and Recent Changes;
- Social and Political Developments (folios 41r-42v): Arabs and Baharna, The Baharna, The Townsfolk, Houses, Games, Class Changes, The Ruling Family, and The Women.
Photographic images appear on eleven folios, and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 7: 'Sooq Al Khamis Mosque' and 'A Village Dispensary';
- Folio 11: 'An Artesian Well (Showing head of water)' and 'A Natural Spring (Adari [‘Adhārī])';
- Folio 14: 'Meat Market', 'Slaughter House', and 'Metal Vegetable Market (Under Construction)';
- Folio 15: 'Modern Village in Manamah', 'A Street in Manamah', and 'Municipal Garden, Manamah';
- Folio 16: 'A Small Pearling Dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. ';
- Folio 21: 'New Customs House and Round-about', 'Government Shops', and 'Women's Dispensary';
- Folio 22: 'The Palace Manamah', 'Manamah Muharraq Sea Road', and 'The Road (From the Sea)';
- Folio 25: 'Manamah Boys' School', 'School Workshops', and 'A Village School';
- Folio 30: 'A road in Manamah' and 'Street in Muharraq';
- Folio 32: 'A Policeman' and 'Police on Parade';
- Folio 33: 'Buildings Constructed by Bahrain Government at Naval Base, Jufair [al-Jufayr]', 'Clerk in Charge's House', 'Canteen', and 'Officer's Building'.
Folio 17 is a graph entitled 'A decade of Customs Progress'. A note on the title page reads 'Property of H.B.M. Embassy Bahrain' (folio 2r) and the back cover includes a label that reads: 'Printed at the Dolphin Press, Brighton, England' (folio 43v).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (43 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains a page of contents (folio 3) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 1-43.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937'
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- front, front-i, 2r:42v, back-i, back
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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