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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)' [‎247v] (20/76)

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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In the previous season a boat with double the number of men could have been financed for
about the same outlay.
It is difficult to estimate the quantity of pearls found during the season but it appears that
the catch was smaller than last year, in spite of more boats diving ; but it was more valuable owing
to higher prices being paid for pearls. The price of pearls in Bahrain unfortunately does not depend
upon the expenses of finding them but it depends entirely upon the demand for pearls in the Bombay
market.
POLICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY.
Strength. The strength of the State Police at the end of the year was 339 officers, N.C.Os..
and other ranks. During the year five men died, six men obtained their discharge and six were dis
missed, eighteen recruits were enlisted. Camp followers including gardeners and launch crew
amounted to 36.
The strength of the Special Police was 150. The Natur strength was 186. The total strength
of trained armed men in the service of the State was 675, an increase of thirty men over the previous
year.
Promotions. Head Havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. Ali Mirza was promoted to Sub-Inspector, Naik Pirran Ditta,
one of the Indian Instructors, was promoted to Havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. and nafar Zaid bin Juma was promoted to
L/Naik.
Routine. It was found necessary to increase the number of Police on duty in the town at
night as a deterrent against thieving. Owing to more men being on night patrols fewer men were
a\ ailable for dail\ parades which averaged about 50 N.C.Os. and men on those days of the week when
the Police Station personnel were not on parade. The experiment of appointing a certain number
of N.C.Os.' and men as permanent town Police, stationed in the two Police Stations, which was tried
during the previous year was not found to be a success. A permanent staff of town Police N.C.Os.
were appointed but the men on this duty were changed occasionally.
All sections took part in the annual musketry course. The section which won the shooting
shield obtained an average score of 75.3. The average score of the whole force was 65.5 and the highest
individual score was 97 out of 100. Ten men obtained between 88 and 92 out of 100.
About half of the total strength of the State Police were granted leave during the year but not
more than 29 were on leave at any one time. Leave outside Bahrain was discouraged except in the
case of Indian Instructors.
Several Guards of Honour were provided by the State Police during the year and usual cere
monial Parade was held at the Palace in honour of the late Ruler a few days before he died. Daily
parades, route marches and exercises took place on the Kort parade ground and in the neighbourhood
of Manamah. The police were trained in A. R. P. exercises and took part in numerous air raid
practices, the members of the band attended first aid and stretcher work lectures and lessons during
the first half of the year.
Mounted sections, horsemen and camelmen, patrolled the coasts and the country from Manamah,
Bude} a and Jaw and w ere successful in detecting parties of people making illegal landings in Bahrain.
The mounted section carried out night patrols on Moharraq island and on the coast near Manamah.
Members of the State Police contributed to the recruitment of the two companies of Levies by
bringing in likely recruits for enlistment.
Owing to the extreme difficulty in obtaining material for uniforms the sartorial appearance of
the Police deteriorated noticeably during the year. At the end of the year arrangements were made
by the Defence Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Bahrain Government to purchase uniforms, etc.,
from military sources and earlier in the year the Bahrain Government was allowed to buy dry rations!
rice flour, etc., from the military stores. This assistance was very greatly appreciated by the Bahrain
Government and the Police themselves.
The health of the Police was better than in the previous year there being fewer attendances at
sick parade. The five men who died all suffered from T.B.

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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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English in Latin script
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