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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)' [236v] (70/72)
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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Girls' schools cost approximately Rs. 39,000 but an additional Rs. 8,000 has been provided for
the purchase of new furniture, desks and tables, etc., and for certain alterations to existing buildings.
Public Health. Rs. 2,64,000. The estimated expenditure on Public Health is Rs. 10,000
more than was estimated in 1360 although the actual expenditure in 1360 was Rs. 2,41,000.
Salaries of staff amount to Rs. 1,14,000. Provision has been made for certain additions and
replacements of staff.
The cost of quarantine services is less than last year, a personal allowance granted to the
previous Quarantine Medical Officer is no longer paid.
The sum allowed for the cost of drugs has been doubled, the increase in medical work necessi
tates more drugs, etc., and their price as well as prices of linen, dressings, etc., etc., have risen very
greatly.
The same amount as during last 3 r ear has been allowed for anti-malaria work. Certain sub
headings have been reduced and others have increased as a result of the experience of last years
working. The laundry costs, a large item, was omitted from the 1360 budget. 1 he new budget also
provides for the A.R.P. medical scheme and for propaganda.
Public Protection and Defence. Rs. 4,00,000. Apart from the Civil List this is the largest
item of expenditure in the budget. About one quarter of this amount is directly due to the
war, being the cost of special defence forces. Included in this expenditure is the cost of the jail and
feeding of prisoners. The average number of prisoners during last year was greater than in pre\ ious
vears owing to the confinement of numbers of Persians convicted of entering Puihrain without
passports.
In the 1360 budget the cost of Public Protection was estimated at Rs. 4,15,000, the actual
expenditure was Rs. 3,90,000, but since 1360 the cost of rations and uniforms and equipment has
increased very considerably.
Grants to Municipalities. Rs. 61,000. The Manamah and Muharraq municipalities each
receive a subsidy of Rs. 2,000 per month from the Government, in addition they are paid half of the
car taxes which are collected by the Government.
Agriculture. Rs. 15,000. Under this heading is included the cost of the experimental
garden at Budeya, the salary of the agriculturist and the upkeep of Government cattle.
Departmental Expenses. Rs. 12,000. This item includes postage, printing and stationery,
peons' uniforms, lighting and replacements and general contingencies.
Upkeep of Roads and Government Buildings. Rs. 25,000. An additional Rs. 5' 000 has
been allowed over the amount provided last year for roads and buildings.
Relief Measures. Rs. 11,000. Owing to the large amount of genuine poverty and want
in the towns of Manamah and Muharraq the Government distributes daily, through the two municipali
ties, dates and bread to aged and blind paupers.
Manamah-Muharraq Bridge. Rs. 12,000. Provision for the staff operating the bridge, toll
gate ticket collectors, electric power and upkeep of the bridge.
Special Public Works. Rs. 44,000. The details of special public works contemplated
during the year are shown in the schedule to this heading. Owing to the difficulty in obtaining
building materials and the excessively high price of metal, wood and cement, several building projects
which were originally contemplated have been indefinitely postponed. Last Year's Public Works
Department budget was for Rs. 3,86,000 but of this amount Rs. 2,25,000 was on account of the Mana
mah-Muharraq swing bridge.
For Investment in Reserve Fund. Rs. 9,80,000. This amount, out of the anticipated
revenue, is to be added to the Reserve Fund. In addition any surplus during the year and part of the
balance frcm 1360 will be invested. It is hoped that during the year it will be possible to increase the
Reserve Fund by 14
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
The Times of India Press, Bombay,
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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)
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- 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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