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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1357 (March 1938 - February 1939)' [100v] (38/80)
The record is made up of 1 volume (39 folios). It was created in 1939. 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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There have been no changes in the Sunni court although there is a certain
amount of public discontent at the dilatoriness of the court in completing cases and
at the lack of judicial knowledge displayed by the Kadis who are old men without
modern education.
Comp 1 aints about the Shia Kadis increased during the year and owing to the
inefficiency of the court and the allegations which were made against the rectitude o
the Kadis the Government instituted various reforms. One of the Kadis, Shaikh Ali
bin Jafer, was dismissed from his post and Shaikh Mohamed Ali was appointed in his
place and an experienced Kadi, Shaikh Abdul Hussain al Helli, was obtained from
Iraq and appointed as appeal Kadi.
This arrangement has put an end to the general criticism of the Shia Shera
court although there are still intrigues and quarrels between the factions supporting
the various Kadis and ex Kadis which affect the impartial administration of justice.
This condition however has existed in Bahrain for many years and will continue as
long as the Shia Kadis function.
At the end of the year the Govenment appointed by proclamation a number
of local Shia Ulema from different districts of Bahrain as authorised persons to
perform marriages and divorces. In the past such authorization was granted by the
Kadis and was the cause of some complaint. The new arrangement gave satisfaction
to the Shia community.
Municipalities.
Revenue ... ... ... 1,12,500
Expenditure ... ... ... 1,05,200
M anama In addition to the routine work of town cleaning and upkeep of
roads in the municipal area the Manama Municipality carried out the following works
and improvements;—
1. A new road was built running east and west through the main bazaar from
the vegetable market to Barrett Street. This is now an important road and con
nects two parts of the bazaar which were previously not connected by a direct motor
road. A number of shops were demolished or reduced in order to make the road
possible.
2. A road was built from the Jufair road to the eastern sea shore passing in
front of the Palace.
3. A road was built from the western end of the Sea Road to the new
hospital at Is aim.
4. Various roads were resurfaced with mud and a section of the Sea Road
from the Customs Square to the Bank was metalled. This work, which was an
experiment, was carried out with the aid of the new road roller and tar equipment.
The work was incomplete at the end of the year.
5. Five hundred trees were planted along the sides of the town roads and on
the Jufair Road. Most of the trees are casuarinas but local trees were also used.
6. A building was constructed at the Power House to contain the new ice
plant.
7. Another portion of the water logged land on the south of the town was
reclaimed. Standing water in the town and in gardens adjacent to the town and
behind the Fort was oiled in order to prevent mosquitoes from breeding. Special
spraying pumps were used for this work.
8. An artesian well was sunk in the middle of the bazaar to provide water
for the public and for use by the fire brigade in case of a fire. Previously there was
no accessible water supply in this area.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1357 AH (1938-1939) and gives te details of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Bahrain State and contains notes on the activities of the various Government departments, as well as the budget 1358 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, photographic images and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An index appears on folio 84r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the State of Bahrain (folio 85r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1357 (folios 86r-87r);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 87v);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 88r);
- Notes on Revenue 1357 (folio 88v): Customs Receipts, Royalty on Oil, Passport Fees, Judicial Receipts, Car Taxes and Driving Licenses, Land Revenue, Interest on Reserve, Oil Inspection Fees, and Miscellaneous Receipts;
- Notes on Expenditure 1357 (folios 88v-93r): Allowances to Ruling Family, Administrative Services, Public Health, Public Protection, Departmental Expenses, Education, Municipalities, Public Works, Major New Works (Palace, Hospital, Dispensary and Medical Officer's Quarters, Extension of Customs Pier, Passport Office, Residential Quarters, Manama-Muharraq Causeway, Police Family Quarters, Water Tower of Fort, Muharraq Sea Road Extension, Major Repairs to Quarantine, Fort Wall and Tower, Completion of Muharraq Girls' School, Completion of Hawar Fort, and Completion of Law Courts), Minor New Works (Stores Shed, School playing Ground Wall, Country School, Store Room and Servants Quarters, General Repairs to Roads, and Metalling Roads in Manama), Agriculture, Transport, Unforeseen, and Electric Department;
- The Pearl Industry (folios 93v-94r): The 1357 Season, Advances, Pearl Propaganda [Pearl Associates], and Future Prospects;
- Police and Public Security (folios 94v-97r): Police Administration (Strength, Recruitment, Routine and Recreation, Discipline, Health of the Police, Prisoners' Health, Infant Welfare Clinic, Cavalry Section, Buildings and Gardens, Fire Section, Promotions, and Pay and Allowances), Traffic Control, Crime, Liquor, and General;
- Public Health, by Dr I Davenport Jones, State Medical Officer (folios 97v:-99v): The Village Dispensaries, Malaria, Diseases of the Eye, Diseas of the skin, Dysentery, Enteric, Veneral disease, Tuberculosis, Disease of the Respiration (excluding pulmonary tuberculosis), Small-pox, Gynaecological and obstetrical conditions, The Malaria Report, Medical Examination of School Children, Quarantine Service, and Comments;
- Land Registration Department (folio 99v): Registration of Sales, Gifts and Titles, Revenue from Sales etc., Property owned by Iranians, and Land Survey;
- Judicial (folio 100r-100v): Bahrain Courts and Shera Courts;
- Municipalities (folios 100v-101r): Manama and Muharraq;
- Wakf [Waqf] Department (folio 101r): Shia Wakf Department and Sunni Wakf Department;
- Education (folios 101v-103r): Schools, Technical School, Religious Schools, Students Abroad, Girls Schools, and General;
- Minors Department (folio 103r-103v);
- Agriculture (folio 103v-104r): Agricultural survey, Government Experimental Garden, and General;
- Political Unrest and Press Propaganda (folios 104r-104v);
- General (folios 104v-106r): Distinguished Visitors (including Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Earl Athlone, Rear Admirals J F Somerville and Herbert Fitz-Herbert, Shaikh Hafiz Wahba [Ḥāfiẓ Wahbah], Saudi Arabian Minister to London, the Vicar Apostolic of Arabia and Bishop of Gaza, Monsignor J B Tirinnanzi, and the Ruler of Dubai), Appointments, His Highness's Indian Visit, Bahrain Theatre Company, Bahrain Camels in Edinburgh, Government Rest House, and Repatriation of Indigents;
- Electric Department, report by Mr W B Steele, State Engineer (folios 106r-108r): Generation, Increase, Wiring Contracts, Temporary Wiring, Mains Extensions, Alterations to Mains, New Generating Set, Air Conditioning, Government Telephone Department, Transport Department, Fire Department, Traffic Section, Municipal Ice Plants, Government Engineering and Carpentry School, General (Private Ice Plant, Water Supply, Royalty and Tanker Oil-Gauging, Financial Position), and Electricty Department - New Load for 1358;
- Profit and Loss Account (folio 108v);
- Revenue Account (folio 109r);
- Balance Sheet (folio 109v);
- Statement of Energy Sold (folio 110r);
- Customs Department, report by Mr C C L de Grenier, Director of Customs (folio 110v-115v);
- Budget 1358 (ff. 116r-118r);
- Notes on Estimated Revenue 1358 (folio 118r);
- Notes on Estimated Expenditure 1358: (ff. 118r-120r).
Illustrations appear on five folios and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 89: 'Dispensary and Medical Officers Flat', 'South Aspect', and 'North Aspect, from Sea';
- Folio 92: 'Government house at Kozabia, built for letting', and 'Road construction equipment';
- Folio 95: 'Mounted Policeman', and 'Police patrol launch “al Hawar”;
- Folio 102: 'Technical School';
- Folio 105: 'Princess Alice Inspecting Guard of Honour'.
On the front cover there is an inscription that reads 'Printed at the Times Press, Basrah' (folio 82r). Handwritten annotations and corrections are present on various folios (for example, folio 90v).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (39 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 84r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 82-121.
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- Title
- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1357 (March 1938 - February 1939)'
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- front-b, front-b-i, 83r:120v, back-b-i, back-b
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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