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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)' [290v] (30/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (35 folios). It was created in 1944. 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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A few small pieces of Government land were sold realising Rs. ' ^ ™ ^ fish traps on
Government leased a few sites on the coast lor fish traps, n t e pas ^ ^ owni re gi s tration
Government property without obtaining permission an t icn c aim Government ensure
of existing traps and leases for new sites though not financ.ally profitable for the Govern,
that the ownership by the Government of the foreshore is maintained.
During the year His Highness appointed a new Khalifah Committee
Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa Alkhalifah for dealing with applications y e " ittee consisting
for permission to sell property. These matters in the past were dealt with b^ ^
of Shaikh Abdullah, the Adviser to the Government and Shaikh Salman m s
ruler. The new committee in addition to dealing with land sales examines o'her J
the Ruling Family including the division of their estates and the contro o vaiioi s
who are unfit to look after their own property.
JUDICIAL.
Bahrain Courts. During the year 596 cases were heard of which ibo
cases, 208 were land cases, mainly registrations and 228 were civil suits At he end oftheyear^ 3^
cases were pending. Most of the criminal cases were offences against the food con o g
smuggling charges. The total amount of fines inflicted amounted to over Rs. 40.000, most o
sum accrued from fines in smuggling cases. No important estate cases were opened during the yea,
as the Minors Department dealt with most of the estates which in the past would have been adi
tered by the Bahrain Court. There were no cases of any particular interest or importance. During
recent years the number of big diving cases has fallen off which is probably due to an improvement
in the diving industry, bankruptcies have also decreased and there are fewer civil suits mvo ving
large sums of money. It appears that now-a-days more transactions are conducted on a cash asis
which reduces the amount of litigation and is a sign that there is more money available in the bazaars.
The total amount of court fees collected from all the Bahrain courts was Rs. 6,270, about Rs. 2,000
less than in 1,361.
In the Bahrain Small Court 1,264 cases were heard of which 318 were pending at the end of
the year. The Sunni and Shia Shara Courts dealt with 363 cases and 62 cases were referred to the
Majlis Tijara, most of them from the Small Court. Only two cases were submitted to the Shara Appeal
Court and fifteen to the Bahrain Appeal Court.
Towards the end of the year one of the three Sunni Qadis retired from the Shara Court on
account of age and ill health and was granted a pension. The death occurred of Shaikh Mohoined
bin Ali Alkhalifah, one of the magistrates on the Small Court. Shaikh Ali bin Khalifah bin Daij
Alkhalifah and Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Alkhalifah were appointed magistrates on
the Small Court and Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Alkhalifah was appointed President of the
Majlis Tijarah.
MUNICIPALITIES.
Manamah Municipality. The revenue in 1362 was Rs. 1,08,600 and the expenditure
was Rs. 1,09,400. In the previous year the revenue was Rs. 1,09,000 and the expenditure Rs. 96,000.
The main reasons for the increase in expenditure were higher rates of pay owing to war allowances and
the substantial rise in prices of all materials used by the municipality such as stone, sand, implements,
animal fodder and the upkeep of ageing municipal vehicles.
The most important work completed by the municipality during the year was the extension
of the sea road from the western end to beyond the Government hospital. The work was started in
1361 and the road was completed and surfaced in 1362. In addition to this work various town roads
were resurfaced with a mixture of oil and sand. Progress was also made in filling in some of the
unreclaimed areas inside the sea road and a large low lying piece of ground on the south of the town
by the side of the Rafaa road was raised by a filling of town rubbish and covered with earth. This
area used to contain stagnant water after the rains.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1362 AH (1943) and gives the 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 1363 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 278r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (folio 279).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1362 (folios 280r-281v): Revenue, Expenditure, Summary of Revenue and Expenditure for year 1362, and Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for year 1362;
- The Diving Industry (folios 282r-282v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 282v-284v): Strength, Duties, Uniform and Equipment, Rations, Police Pay, Jail, Crime, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1362, 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 1362;
- Public Health, report by Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer (folios 285r-290r): Bahrain Government Hospital (Male Statistics 1943, Short Notes on Statistics, Chief Out-Patients Diseases, Predominating Out-Patients' Diseases (Men), Male In-Patients, Male In-Patients, Bahrain Government Isolation Hospital, Total Male In-Patients, Results of Treatment, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Laboratory and X-Ray Statistics, Bahrain Government Dispensaries, and Comparative Incidence of Predominating Diseases Hospital and Outlaying Dispensaries), Women's Hospital and Dispensaries report by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (In-Patients Diseases Treated, Out-Patients Treated, Details of Obstetric Cases, Operations, Women's Dispensaries, Summary of Diseases Treated, Medical Work in the Girls Schools), and Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folio 290r-290v);
- Judicial (folio 290v): Bahrain Courts;
- Municipalities (folios 290v-291v): Manamah Municipality and Muharraq Municipality;
- Wakf [Waqf] Department (folio 291v);
- Education (folios 291v-295v): Boys' Schools report by F J Wakelin, Director of Education (School Statistics, Staff, The Secondary School, The Hostel, Village Schools, English Teaching, Medical, Equipment, British Council Assistance, Public Library, Clubs, School Plays, Games, Recruitment by the Oil Company, and Finance), Girls' School, and The Technical School report by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal (Students, Staff, and Scheme of Training);
- Minors Department (folios 295v-296r);
- Agriculture (folio 296r);
- Passport Department (folio 296r-296v);
- Food Control (folios 296v-297v);
- State Engineer's Department, report by Mr W B Steele, State Engineer (folios 298r-302r): Statement of Energy generated, sold, etc., Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Load and Revenue Curve 1361, and Load and Revenue Curve 1362;
- Oil Gauging (folios 303r-304r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1942 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1943;
- Customs Department, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 305r-308r);
- General (folio 308r): Investiture, Presentation of Guns, Distinguished Visitors (including Lord Wavell, the Viceroy Designate, Lord Linlithgow, Governor-General and Viceroy of India, Amirs Khalid and Mahomed [Muḥammad], sons of His Majesty King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]), Customs Directorate, Poor Relief Measures, Race Meeting, Sunni Kadhis [qādis], Obituary of Shaikh Mohamed bin Ali Al Khalifah [Muḥammad bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah];
- Note on Budget 1363 (folios 309r-310r);
- Budget 1363 (f. 308r).
Illustrations appear on one folio and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 283: 'Jail and Police quarters, Juda Island'.
On folio 310r there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 305r).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (35 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 278r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 276-311.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)'
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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