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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)' [208v] (14/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (35 folios). It was created in 1942. 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 sum of Rs. 47700 was spent during the year on additional public works which
were undertaken although provision for them had not been made in the budget. These works in
cluded a new girls' school at Rafaa, widening the Muharraq side of the causeway to the same width
as on the Manamah side and building a second toll house and gates, constructing quarters at Rafaa
for the Special Police, improvements to the quarantine station, roofing the swimming bath in the
fort and building additional stables, a water tank and latrines. At Budeya new stables were built
at the police post and more drains were made from the Government garden. At the Law Courts a
garage was converted into a record room for the Minors' Department and some alterations were made
to the western flat. New latrines were also built for the Manamah boys' school. Additional work
was done at the Government hospital including repairs to the roofs which leaked during the abnormal
rain the last wet season, replacing mosquito netting, dismantling an old house adjacent to the hospital,
which was bought by the Government and constructing a wall on the sea side of the dispensary
building.
Hospitals. During the year Rs. 65,800 was spent on the Administrative Building of the
hospital which was not entirely finished at the end of the year. A further Rs. 6,000, at least, will
be needed to complete this building. The ground floor was occupied some months before the end of
the year, this contains store rooms, X-Ray rooms, laboratory, offices and sewing room. On the first
floor there are two large operation theatres with anaesthetic rooms, dressing rooms, etc. The special
glass windows for theatres which were obtained from India arrived with the glasses broken and there
was delay in obtaining replacements. The theatres have walls and floors of terazzo throughout and
in many of the other rooms and passages terazzo has been effectively used. Although it is expensive
and takes time to apply it appears to be a satisfactory and lasting material for using on walls and
floors in Bahrain and when once laid down it requires no further labour.
The Isolation Hospital was enlarged and provided with a new septic tank and drainage system.
Police Married Quarters. New married quarters for the State Police, on the south of the
fort were begun and completed during the year. Each house consists of two rooms with a verandah
and compound, the houses are well ventilated and cool and are built of stone and cement. Provision
was made in the 1360 budget for 30 houses but an additional 5 were built. The total expenditure
was Rs. 42,700. Included in this work is a jail for women adjacent to one of the houses in the married
lines.
Fort Jail Yard. Rs. 1,121. A new entrance flanked by a store for clothing and a room for
the jail guard was built in the jail compound, the level of the compound was raised and the cells were
repaired.
Manamah Police Station. Rs. 1,045. A large new office was added to the Manamah Police
Station by reconstructing a room, in the same block of buildings, which had previously been used as
a store. Accommodation was provided for the Sub-Inspector and the clerical staff.
Technical School. Rs. 15,396. The new workshop was completed. A cement floor was
put down over most of the area. Platforms and forges were built and a compound wall
was constructed and a set of latrines, for teachers and boys. A permanent water supply was arranged
from the fort well. Only the completion of the workshop had been anticipated in the 1360 budget
the other requirements became evident during the year.
Bridge Approaches and Buildings. Rs. 37,509. In addition to the work which was
anticipated in the budget for 1360 a number of improvements were made on the approaches to the
bridge, especially on the Muharraq side. Some of the work was done by the municipalities
at Government expense and some by the Public Works Department.
The Muharraq side of the causeway was widened to the width of the main causeway and a
cement parapet was ^uilt on each side of the road. The reclaimed ground north of the customs office
in Muharraq was raised and a two-way road was made with a circular round-about in the centre in
which ornamental bushes are to be planted.
The approaches to the bridge on each side were raised by stone filling supported by murabba
stone walls with metalling on the surface.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1360 AH (1941-1942) 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 1361 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, photographic images, graphs and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An Index appears on folio 204r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated June 1942 (folio 205).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1360 (folio 206r);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 207r);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 207v);
- Notes on Revenue 1357 (folio 208r);
- Notes on Expenditure 1357 (folios 208r-209r): Public Works, Hospitals, Police Married Quarters, Fort Jail Yard, Manamah Police Station, Technical School, Bridge Approaches and Buildings, Manamah Palace, Muharraq Sea Road, Budeya Garden, Kozabia Bungalow (leased to the Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ), Cattle Sheds, Land Department Office and Adviserate, Maintenance of Roads, Upkeep of Government Buildings;
- Reserve Fund (folios 209r-209v);
- The Manamah Muharraq Bridge (folios 209v-210v);
- Pearl Industry (folios 210v-212r);
- Police and Public Security (folios 212r-213r): Strength, Routine, Jail, Muharraq Police Station, Duties, Public Security, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Court 1360, and List of Police Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court During 1360;
- Public Health (folios 213r-218v): Out-patients, In-Patients, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Vaccinations, Laboratory, Anaesthetics, The dispensaries, The Police, The schools, Anti-Malaria Measures (Chief results of anti-malarial work in 1360, Special Schemes, Propaganda), Air Raid Precautions, Statistic of Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensaries for Year 1360, Predominating Male Outpatient Diseases 1360, Summary Results of Treatment of Male In-Patients 1360, Bahrain Government Hospital Female Side 1360, Major Operations, Male Dispensary Statistics, Laboratory Results, Women's Dispensaries Showing Predominating Diseases, Total Number of Deliveries 1360, The Police, and The Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folio 219r);
- Judicial Department (folios 219r-219v): The Bahrain Courts, Shara [Sharia] Courts, Majlis Tijara [Majlis Tijārah], and Appeal Courts;
- Manamah Municipality (folios 219v-220r);
- Muharraq Municipality (folio 220r);
- Shia Wakf [Waqf] Department (folio 220r);
- Education (folios 220r-222r): Government Boys' Schools, Government Girls' Schools, and The Technical School (Report by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal of the School);
- Minors Department (folio 222r);
- Agriculture (folio 222v);
- Passport Department (folio 222v);
- Price Control (folio 223r);
- State Engineer's Department (folios 223r-224v): Electricity, Wiring Contracts, Mains Extension, Air Conditioning, Continuity of Supply, Financial Position, Electricity Charges, Prospecrs for 1361, Telephones, Transport Department, Fire Section, Traffic Section, Oil Royalty and Government Inspection, Financial Position, General (Anti-Malaria Campaign, Manamah-Muharraq Swing Bridge, and Staff;
- Bahrain Electric Supply (folios 225r-231r): Statement of energy generated, sold, etc., Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Load Revenue Curve 1359, and Load Revenue Curve 1360;
- Oil Gauging (folios 229r-230r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1940 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1941;
- Customs Department, report for the year 1360 by Mr C C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 231v-235r);
- Budget 1361 (folios 235v-236v): Notes on Revenue and Notes on Expenditure.
Illustrations appear on one folio and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 211: 'Manamah-Muharraq Bridge', 'The Bridge open for water traffic', and 'Bridge Head and Toll House'.
On folio 236v there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 222v)
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (35 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 204r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 202-237.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)'
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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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