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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1357 (March 1938 - February 1939)' [115v] (68/80)
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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50
General. It is pleasing to report that the heavy construct^
planned by Government for 1357 mcloded an extens.on head which
construction of a mole 1,250 feet long by \ i P tn thi> Pier independently of
will lie in the deep water, and enable access to be ^de to the I .er mdepende ^
the tides. This work svstern which has also been
1358, when it is proposed to extend the trolley I n . ' e beil ,„ (i) to enable
renewed during 1357, to the head of ""If' late^ oT the ^de, and (2) to
passengers to embark and disembark in sa ^ ^ us sa vin^ possibly more
I-nable cargo -lighters to discharge at all states of the tide, thus sav,n 0 pos ,
than one-third of the time of a steamer's stay in port.
Careo will be landed straight on to the trolleys, and removedd .rectly to the
sheds, instead of lying upon the Pier as at j 0 to Se ^ a g 7rnted B to the
that this improvement will enable delivery of their imports to oe g
public at least one day earlier.
This imnrovement will involve night-work on Customs premises and t e
nf arpldv incre-ised consumption of electric current; hence it would seem
aarwss rsas. «<•- •»»
Mention must also be made of attention having been given to ^
iron -work at least once a } ear.
For this reason it is suggested that all iron-work should be re-painted during
■t ocq an( i a "dump course" be applied to the new Custom House, which on re-
cfaimedtnd is found to be a damp building. The provision of same good office
furniture and certain minor adjustments in this building may al^o be suggest .
Establishment. During the past year the number of clerks employed was
number thirty-four, who drew Ks. 12,269 in wages.
In addition to the handling, receiving and delivery .and collection of dues upon
8 05 487 dutiable packages of cargo with the maintenance of the necessary records,
tVer; were also 2,33,415 packages of imports by The Bahrein Petroleum Company,
Ltd., which have to be accounted for, although duty-tree.
Also, there are a number of duty -concessions which may be noticed
Imports by The Ruling Family. Nineteen Motor-cars valued at Rs. 50,000
Cement, Barley, Dates etc. „ 27,850
Total Rs. 77,850
on which the duty collectable would have been Rs. 6,392-8-0.
Imports by The Arabian Mission valued at Es. 26,200, on
which the duty collectable would have been Rs. 1,520.
Imports by Petroleum Development Ltd. jmdet concession on which the
difference of duty collectable would have been Rs. < 8.
Imports by Imperial Airways Ltd. of two motor launches and petroland
oil, valued at Rs. 45,000 and Rs. 1,61,000 respectively, on which the duty collectable
would have been lis. 12,550
Imports of Kelvin motor engines. on which the duty refunded amounted
to; Rs. 1027.
Imports of cinema films by The B Coy Ltd. on which
the duty refunded amounted to Rs. 1,450, and Duty-free imports of 194 packages by
H.B.M's
Political Agent
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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)'
- Pages
- front-b, front-b-i, 83r:120v, back-b-i, back-b
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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