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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [319r] (15/76)
The record is made up of 1 volume (37 folios). It was created in 1945. 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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POLICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY.
At the end of 1363 the strength of the State Police was as follows :—
State Police.
4 Officers.
Special Police.
1 Officer.
131 N.C.Os and men.
3 Civilians.
Naturt.
173 Naturs.
298 N.C.Os and men.
36 Civilians.
During the year 34 men were granted their discharge from the State Police, 15 of these men
were discharged on medical grounds most of them having become too old to be able to carry out
their duties, they were granted gratuities calculated on the length of their service. The other 19
men completed their four years' service and did not re-enlist for a further period. One death occurred
during the year. Eighteen men wre seconded for service with the Royal Navy at Jufair. Twenty
recruits were enlisted.
Both the Police forces and the Naturs were under strength throughout the year but as the
men who offered themselves for enlistment were of a very poor type it was considered desirable to
postpone further recruiting until labour conditions became more normal.
Police Pay. In 1362 the Police pay was increased from a basic rate of Rs.25 per month
to Rs.27-8 per month with an additional allowance of Rs.3 per month and the Naturs, who do not
receive rations, were granted a war allowance of 12^ per cent, bringing their pay to Rs.28-2 per month.
During the year under review the following increased allowances were granted :—
State Police. Rs.3 per month Long Service allowance for men with over six years' service.
Rs.io per month additional war allowance to all men with more than four years' service who
re-enlisted for a further period of two years.
Rs.4 per month to men in the mounted sections.
Special Police. Rs.y Rafaa allowance for men serving at Rafaa.
Rs.io additional war allowance for men with four years' service enlisting for a further period.
Rs.3 clothing allowance for men while serving in Manama.
Naturs. Rs.13 per month additional war allowance.
A Policeman with over four years' service in the State Police could draw the following pay
and allowances, Basic Pay, Rs.27-8, Good Conduct Pay, Rs.3, Long Service Pay, Rs.3, War Allowance,
Rs.io ; total pay and allowances Rs.43-8 and, in addition monthly rations costing the Government
Rs.24 per month, which were worth in the local bazaar approximately Rs.37, according to controlled
prices.
Duties and Administration. Towards the end of the year there was some dissatisfaction
among the Special Police who were quartered at Rafaa and employed on duties in the oil field. A
number of men having completed their four years' service were unwilling to re-enlist partly because
their duties prevented them from visiting their homes in Manama and Muharraq more than once
or twice a month and partly because in some respects they were not as well off as the State Police.
To remedy this situation an arrangement was made whereby every month a certain proportion of
the Special Police were stationed in Manama where they shared the normal duties of the State Police
and at the same time were able to have opportunities of visiting their families. This arrangement
combined with the increase in war allowances produced a satisfactory result and the majority of the
Special Police re-enlisted for a further two years when they completed their four years' contracted
service.
Although it was possible during the year to make a slight reduction in the number of places
where Police guards were stationed yet almost half the force was continuously employed upon
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1363 AH (1944) 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 1364 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, graphs and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An Index appears on on folio 314r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (folios 314v-315r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1363 (folio 316r);
- Revenue and Expenditure (folios 315v, 317r-317v);
- The Diving Industry (folio 318r-318v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 319r-320v): State Police, Special Police, Naturs, Police Pay, Duties and Administration, Jail, Promotions, Law and Order, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1363, and List of Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts 1363;
- Public Health (folios 321r-326r): 'Bahrain Government Public Health Report, 1363-1944' by Dr R H B Snow, Senior Medical Officer (Bahrain Government Hospital, Short Notes on the Statistics, Predominating Male-Out Patient Diseases, Predominating Police Out-Patient Diseases, Male In-Patients, Isolation Hospital, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Laboratory, X-Rays, Bahrain Government Dispensaries, and The Future of Dispensaries and Public Health), Female Statistics, report by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (Out-Patients, Female In-Patients, and Notes);
- Land Registration Department, from the report of Khan Sahib Mohammed Khalil Memon, Superintendent, Land Registration Department (folio 326);
- Judicial (folio 326v): Bahrain Courts;
- Municipalities (folios 327r-328v): Manama Municipality, from the report of the Municipal Secretary, Mr Mohamed Saleh Shater, (Manama Municipality Budget 1364), Muharraq Municipality, from the report of the Municipal Secretary, Mr Ahmed Al Omran (Finance, Municipal Activities, and Muharraq Municipality Budget 1364);
- Education (folios 329-332): Report on Boys' Education in Bahrain by Mr F J Wakelin, Director of Education (School Statistics, Staff, The Secondary School, The Hostel, The Primary Schools, The Village Schools, Medical, Equipment, Extra-Mural Activities, and Grants and Donations), Government Girls' Schools, report by Mrs [Marjorie] Belgrave, Directress of Female Education, The Technical School, report by Mr G E Hitchings (Students, Staff, Finance, and General);
- Minors Department, from report by the Superintendent of the Minors' Department, Mr Mohamed Dowaicer (folios 332v-333r).
- Agriculture (folios 333r-333v);
- Passport Department, from the report of Mr Ibrahim Khalfan, Passport Officer (folios 333v-334r);
- Food Control, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Food Controller, Bahrain (folios 334r-335v, 338r);
- State Engineer's Department, report by Group Captain H P G Leigh, State Engineer (folios 336r-337r, 338v-340v);
- Customs, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 342v-344v);
- Oil Gauging, report by Mr G E Hutchings (folios 344v-345v): Oil Royalty Quantities 1944, Bahrain and Arabian Crude Oil 1944, Annual Production of Crude Oil, and Inspection of Petroleum Cargoes 1944;
- Local Industries (folio 346r): Boat Building, Weaving, and Metal Workers;
- General (folio 346v): Presentation of Sword to His Highness, Muharram Celebrations, British Officials, "Al Bahrain" [ al-Baḥrayn newspaper], Superintendent of Public Works Department, Floods, Zubara, Obituary (Haj Sulman Matar);
- Budget, 1364 (folios 347r-348r).
On folio 348r there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 314v).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (37 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 314r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 312-349.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)'
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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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