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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1359 (February 1940 - February 1941)' [185r] (41/74)
The record is made up of 1 volume (36 folios). It was created in 1941. 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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At the bejfinning (.>1 tin* yi'ar undtT revM'vs the (jovrrnivu-nt rccfivrd the Report on Technical
Education in Kahrain (^MTipiled by Mr. <». K k Hufvhin^s, F.G.S., Principal of the Baghdad
Terhniral School, who had visited Bahrain during the previous month in order to studv the
question on the spot, this excellent and exhaustive document, which was complete with plans
and specifications for a greatly enlarged Technical School, reeeived hitrh praise when shewn to
Mr. M. 1 hornbur^, ilvt 1 \ ice President of the Bahrain I'etroleum Company, for whose service
the majority ot our I echnical St^hool boys are bein^j" trained, the (lovernment adopted the repf»rt
and approved,with a few minor modifications, the plans for building, and work on the new school
was eventually started. One lar ^e wing is now almost ready for occupation. Towards the cik ! of
the year, in view Of the expansion of its fechmcal tramiiii^ si-beme and the increasing demand
for places in the new school, the Government decided to provide it with a first-Hass British
Principal, and negotiations to that end are now proceeding-.
A special class for shaikhs of the Ruling Family was opened early in the year, instruction
being given in Arithmetic, Arabic, and English. Nineteen shaikhs enrolled, and at first the
attendance was good, but as the novelty wore ofi" attendance steadily declined, and now only a
few come regularly to the classes. Their almost total lack of previous schooling, combined with
their age, makes their instruction extremely difficult, and in some cases almost impossible. The
shaikhs are, however, now very much keener on sending their own sons to the Government
schools than they were even a year ago, and if this continues it will mean that illiteracy amongst
the Ruling Family will eventually disappear.
During ihe year the teaching stalls of the boys' schools have voluntarily contributed Rs. i.ooo
towards the purchase of fighter aeroplanes for the British forces.
With the appointment by the Government of Dr. R. H. B. Snow as State Medical Officer
tlu health position in the Government schools has greatly improved. All of them are now regularlv
visited by Dr. Snow or his assistants, and thorough medical examinations, followed by treatment,
ha\e been c.inied oui at the Kulliyah and at the large schools of Manamah and Muharraq. The
State Medical Ofhcei has energetically tackled the problem of eve-disease, with good results,
one ol which is that the boys are now beginning to take an intelligent interest in their
own eyesight, and to seek medical help when they need it. Talks on health are now given in the
schools, and a thousand copies of a small treatise on malaria have been passed on to their homes
by the boys, after previous careful explanation of the subject by the teachers in the classrooms,
lowards the end of the year the Government decided upon the appointment of a special school
doctor, to work under the State Medical Officer, and steps are now being taken to find a
suitable man.
Ihe above is a brief account of what has been effected during the past year; but it must be
emphasisted that we are at present only at the beginning of our main task, which is the
improvement of Government education in Bahrain. What has now been provided is little more
than the framework necessary to a successful scheme of education: the standard of education
ifself, though improving daily, is still very low, and this only time can remedy. In every school
in the Island the numbers have risen, but this has only too often been due to the private efforts
of th( new headmasters, who are anxious to shew results. We are gradually succeeding in
imprt ssing upon their minds the fact that numbers are of no importance whatever, when compared
with the quality of the instruction given.—
School Regisiered Regular Attend a nts
Manamah College ... 27 27
Manamah School ... ^86 ^00
Muharraq School ... 288 2^5
Hidd School ... ij-2
Budayyi' School ... 72
Rufa' School ... ^7 -H
Sit rah School ... -- ,8
Suq-Al-Khamis School ... iot 75
Technical School ... 35 ^-
Tot al
1.233
973
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1359 AH (1940-1941) 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 1360 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, photographic images, and tables, and architectural plans. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An index appears on folio 167r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, dated May 1941 (folio 168r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1359 (folio 169r);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 170r);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 170v);
- Note on Revenue 1357 (folio 172r);
- Note on Expenditure 1357 (folios 172r-172v): Special Public Works;
- The Pearl Industry (folios 172v-173r);
- Police and Public Security (folios 173r-175r): Strength, State Police (Recruitment, Routine, Prisoners, Promotions and Appointments), Naturs, Crime, and General;
- Public Health (folios 175r-181v): Report on the work of the Medical Department, male side, by Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer (Summary of Statistics of Male Patients of the Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensaries, The Out-Patients (Government Hospital, Dispensaries), Bahrain Government Police (The Police Clinic), The Inpatients (Major Operations, Minor Operations), School Medical Examinations, Review of the Anti-Malarial Work) and Women's Section, report by Dr M M McDowall (The Women's Hospital, Health of School Girls);
- Land Department (folios 181v-183r);
- Judicial (folios 183r-183v): The Bahrain Court, The Bahrain Small Court, Sunni Shara [Sharia] Court, Shia Shara Court, Majlis Tijara [Majlis Tijārah], Shia Appeal Court, and High Appeal Court;
- Municipalities (folios 183v-184r);
- Shia Wakf [Waqf] Department (folios 184r);
- Education (folios 184r-185v): Report by Mr C R L Adrian Vallance, Director of Education;
- Female Education (folio 185v);
- Minors Department (folio 185v);
- Agriculture (folio 186r);
- Passport Department (folio 186r);
- Bahrain Nationality (folio 186v);
- Census of Bahrain (folios 186v-188r);
- General (folio 190r): Floods, Death of Shaikh Jasim and Haj Abu Ali bin Rejab [Ḥajj Abū ‘Alī Rajab], Bahrain Broadcasting Station, Visit of H.R.H. the Amir Sa'ud, Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Alkhalifah [Muḥammad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] in Malta, Air Attack on Bahrain, and Papal Insignia bestowed on His Highness Shaikh Hamad [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah];
- Electric Department (folios 190v-191r): Electricity Department (Wiring Contracts, Temporary Wiring, Air Conditioning), Government Telephone Department, Transport Department, Fire Section, Traffic Section, Oil Royalty and other Gauging, and General (Anti-Malaria Campaign, Electricity Charges, Financial Position, Prospects for 1360);
- Statement of Energy Sold, etc. (folio 192r);
- Profit and Loss Account (folio 193r);
- Customs Department, report by Mr C C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 194r-198r);
- Budget 1360 (folios 199r-200r).
Illustrations appear on four folios and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 171: 'Lay-out of Government Hospital Buildings, Manama';
- Folio 174: 'The State Police on parade salute His Highness the Ruler, on the occasion of his Accession Anniversary';
- Folio 182: 'March past a mounted section of His Highness’ state police';
- Folio 189: 'Roads flooded during unusually heavy winter rains'.
On the front cover there is an inscription that reads 'Printed at the Times Press, Basrah' (folio 165r), and on folio 166r there is a label that reads 'Owing to reasons with the war the printing of this report was delayed for many months'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folios 167r and 195v).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (36 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 167r) which references pages of the report.
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Foliation: Folios 165-201.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1359 (February 1940 - February 1941)'
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- front-d, front-d-i, 166r:200v, back-d-i, back-d
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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