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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)' [243v] (12/76)
The record is made up of 1 volume (37 folios). It was created in 1943. 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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6
GENERAL REVIEW.
The year 1361 brought a closer realisation of the war to the people of Bahrain
owing to various rules and restrictions which directly affected their lives. During
the first half of the year the black-out was intensified, A.R.P. measures were
undertaken and rationing was introduced. The efforts and propaganda of an
active A.R.P. committee produced little co-operation from the public, the only
noticeable result being that many of the wealthy townsfolk who might have set an
example spent the summer months in barasti camps along the coasts. Towards
the end of the year the black-out and A.R.P. measures were relaxed. Rationing
was accepted without any demur and was welcomed by the poorer people who
having no hoarded supplies had been the first to suffer. When rationing began
they found themselves enjoying equal rights to the upper and wealthier classes.
The introduction of rationing among the illiterate inhabitants of the country was
simplified by a census having been taken for the first time in 1941. The sale of
rationed foods at controlled prices in Government shops in towns and villages
struck a blow at the credit system. Formerly most people were in debt to their
local shopkeeper but with rationing in force debts were no longer possible.
The presence of British and Indian troops in Bahrain for the first time in
history was accepted with complete equanimity by the Arab population and owing
to the admirable behaviour of the troops no undesirable incidents of any kind
occurred during the year. The provision of fresh supplies for the troops put an
additional tax on the markets but this was partly compensated for by the money
which the troops spent in the country on labour and purchases.
His Highness's Government gave all possible assistance and co-operated
fully in all things connected with the furtherance of the war. The Government
enlisted for the Royal Air Force two companies of Levies which were recruited in
a very short time, twice this number could have been obtained had they been
required. Land for camps and aerodromes and other military purposes was
provided freely by the Government in various parts of Bahrain. Two large wards
on the first floor of the State Hospital with ancillary services were provided for
services patients and the hospital was used during the year by officers and other
ranks of the Navy, Army and Air Force. The State Public Works Department,
never very heavily staffed, was employed throughout the year almost entirely upon
military works such as camps and temporary and permanent military buildings and
aerodromes. Military work was also done by the Electric Department and the
Government Garage.
The most urgent problem which faced the Government throughout the year
was to ensure a steady flow of essential foodstuffs into Bahrain from outside.
Apart from fish and a small proportion of the dates locally consumed all supplies
were imported from abroad. One of the first acts of His Highness Shaikh Salman
when he succeeded was an attempt to purchase from India a large stock of rice but
unfortunately he was too late as owing to restrictions on the export of rice it was
unobtainable. In the beginning the Bahrain Government relied upon local mer
chants to import foodstuffs from India but owing to the controlled prices in Bahrain
and the limited, though not ungenerous, amount of profit allowed to importers the
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1361 AH (1942-1943) 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 1362 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 240r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated 19 May 1943 (folios 243v-244r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Death of His Highness Shaikh Hamad [Ḥama bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and Accession of His Highness Shaikh Salman [Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah] (folios 241r-243r);
- Budget 1361(folio 244v);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1361 (folio 245r);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1361 (folio 245v);
- Note on Revenue 1357 (folio 246r);
- Note on Expenditure 1357 (folio 246r-246v);
- Public Works Department (folios 246v-247r): Government Hospital, Manama Sea Road, Manama-Muharraq Road, and Manama Palace;
- The Diving Industry (folio 247r-247v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 247v-248v): Strength, Promotions, Routine, Jail, Crime, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1361 and List of Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court 1361;
- Air Raid Precautions (folio 248v);
- Public Health (folios 250r-254v): Men's Hospital, by Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer (Summary of Male Statistics of the Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensaries 1361 (1942), Special Notes (The death of His Highness Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Esa Al Khalifah, K C I E, C S I, The Administration Block, The Services, Anti-Malarial Work, The Schools, The Police, Laboratory and X-Ray Work), Predominating Men's Outpatient Diseases, Bahrain Government Hospital Inpatients, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Inoculations, Vaccinations, Isolation Hospital In-Patients, Men's Dispensaries, Comments), Women's Hospital, by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (Out-Patients, Diseases Treated, In-Patients, and Result of Obstetric Cases), and Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folios 254v-255r);
- Judicial (folios 255r-255v): The Bahrain Courts, Bahrain Small Court, Shara [Sharia] Courts, Majlis Tijara [Majlis Tijārah], and Appeal Court;
- Municipalities (folio 255v-256r): Manamah Municipality and Muharraq Municipality;
- Wakf [Waqf] Departments (folio 256r);
- Education (folios 256-259): Boys' Schools, by Mr F J Wakelin, Director of Education (The Hostel, The Secondary School, Manamah Primary School, Muharraq Primary School, Hedd Primary School, Village Schools, Staff, Books, Syllabus, Examinations, Games, General, Policy, and Finance), Girls' Schools, and Technical School, by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal (Students, Staff, Equipment, and Contract work and standard craftsmanship);
- Minors Department (folios 259v-260r);
- Agriculture (folio 260r-260v);
- Passport Department (folios 260v-261r);
- Food Control (folios 261r-263r), including Comparison in Princes between Pre-War and Present Rates;
- General (folio 263v): Hs Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester's Visit, The Motor Rocket, Poor Relief Measures, Gift of Dates from His Majesty King Ibn Saoud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and Bahrain Levies;
- State Engineer's Department, report by Mr W B Steele, State Engineer (folios 264r-270v): Statement of Energy generated, sold, etc., Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Load and Revenue Curve 1360, and Load and Revenue Curve 1361;
- Oil Gauging (folios 268r-269r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1941 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1942;
- Customs Department (folios 271r-273r);
- Budget 1362 (folio 273v);
- Note on Budget 1362 (folio 274r).
Illustrations appear on four folios and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 241: 'His Late Highness Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifah, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.';
- Folio 242: 'His Highness Shaikh Sulman bin Hamad Alkhalifah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain';
- Folio 249: 'Bahrain Government Hospital';
- Folio 262: 'H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester with H.H. Shaikh Sir Sulman'.
On folio 274v there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (37 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 240r) which references pages of the report.
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Foliation: Folio 238-275.
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- Title
- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)'
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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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