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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)' [222v] (42/72)
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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36
AGRICULTURE.
During the summer au agricultural expert, Hussain Effendi Wahdan. was enlisted from Egypt
where he had been working in the Egyptian Agricultural Department. He was personally known to
Shaikh Mohomed bin Isa Alkhalifah, His Highness the Ruler's brother, Hussain Effendi took over
the management of the Government garden at Budeya.the Eort garden and other Government culti
vation, A small committee consisting of landowners who are interested in agncu ure, un er
presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of Shaikh Ibrahim bin Mohomed Alkhalifah. was formed with the object of utilising Hussain
Effendi's'services for the benefit of cultivators in general. The committee organised regu ar visits
by Hussain Effendi to agricultural districts where advice was given to local cultivators. Measures
were suggested by the committee and approved by the Government for increasing and improving
agriculture in Bahrain and experiments which were carried out at Budeya were shown to people who
were interested in them.
The Budeya garden was again enlarged and crops were grown with varying success. Vegetable
seeds were purchased from the Horticultural and Agricultural society of India but unfortunately e
results were extremely unsatisfactory ; in previous years seeds have been imported from Englanc an
it appears that these produce more satisfactory results in Bahrain than those obtained from India.
It was again found that the cultivation of European vegetables was not a profitable under
taking as in spite of attempts to produce a series of crops most vegetables ripened at the sa " le
and owing to the lack of local demand prices which were paid for them in the market di
not compensate for the cost of cultivation.
Potatoes, melons and sugar cane were grown successfully and profitably.
An experiment was made during the year by cultivating a plot of ground on the land near
the wireless pool which was irrigated by a local bullock-worked water well. Lucerne was grown
successfully and it appears probable that all this area on the south west of Manamah town could be
cultivated by surface wells.
The restriction on the drilling of new artesian wells, which is unpopular among landowners
but very necessary in order to conserve Bahrain's water supply, was not lifted in spite of numerous
applications to drill. This prohibition tends to restrict the increase of cultivation but it also causes
some cultivators to take steps to eliminate waste of water.
A detailed and thorough report on the water situation was made by the Bahrain Petroleum
Company and submitted to the Bahrain Government. This dealt particularly with the area between
Seddad and Zellaq and revealed that quantities of water wdtbeing wasted in that neighbourhood
where most of the gardens are the property of His Highness the Ruler and his relations
and dependents.
The herd of Government cattle w«?6removed from Budeya to Manamah owing to the difficulty
of transporting milk. They provide milk for the Government Hospitals which is of very good quality
but not better than the milk from the local breed of cows. They are larger than the local cows and
require more food, their chief advantage is that they remain in milk for a longer period than
the Bahrain cows. They are used in India as dual purpose cattle, for milking and for working in
carts and ploughs, etc., but in Bahrain bullock carts are not used and no ploughs exist.
PASSPORT DEPARTMENT.
Revenue from passports, etc., amounted to Rs. 11,550 during the year which was Rs. 2,500 less
than in 1359. Owing to the war the number of travellers decreased. Few people from Bahrain did
the pilgrimage and fewer persons visited Bahrain from outside. In 1359 almost 14,500 persons entered
Bahrain but in 1360 only 11,000 arrived of whom 1500 came by steamer, 9,100 by native craft and
365 by air.
During the year 97 prosecutions were made against persons who landed in Bahrain without
passports. The police patrol on the south coast of Bahrain reduced the number of Qatar subjects
who in previous years landed illegally in the neighbourhood of Jaww and Door.
Persian divers employed and indebted to Bahrain nakhudas were permitted to enter Bahrain
without passports after verification by the nakhudas.
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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.
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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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