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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [329v] (36/76)
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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34
Local teachers are now receiving regular instruction in teaching methods and are showing a
steady improvement. Two of the reasons why the Egyptian teachers have been so well received by
the Bahrain staff is that the gap between them is far less than that it would have been a few years ago
and also that the new comers are so ready to assist their colleagues.
In the first B.B.C. Poetry Competition Sayyid Redhi, a Bahrani teacher at the New Primary
School, Manama, was awarded third prize.
3. The Secondary School.
Entries to the Secondary School at the beginning of the new term were rather less than in former
years. This was due to the fact that a boy who has completed his primary education speaks and
writes English well and can find work at a salary of about Rs. 50 per mensem. 1 hus 10 boys who would
in more normal times have gone on to the Secondary School obtained well paid jobs with the Oil
Company and other firms.
Our schools are beginning to attract pupils from areas outside Bahrain. Three boys from
Hassa joined the Secondary School in October where they had completed their primary education.
The Secondary School suffered more than any other from lack of staff during the year. In
January 1944, (Dil Hajj 1362) both the Head Master and the Mathematics Master resigned without
notice owing to family reasons. Few local men have sufficient qualifications for such work and in
any case they are already working elsewhere. For a time we were fortunate in having the services of
a senior clerk on loan from the Public Relations Office but this was only a temporary measure. For the
rest of the year we were forced to carry on with the two remaining masters who were teaching every
period of the day and the Director who taught Mathematics and Science, By combining two classes
in one whenever possible we were able to keep the school open until the end of the year.
A further setback was the delayed arrival of the Egyptians. At the opening of term the
only Master left was the English teacher. A special course was arranged for the First Form only
consisting of English and Mathematics only. As soon as the Egyptians arrived three of them were
posted to the school and the normal programme began.
The standard of Forms II and III is still low, particularly in Mathematics and Science. This
is because of their lack of good primary schooling. The First Form, most of the boys of which have
been through the reorganised schools in the past four years, is on a level with that of most good Arab
Secondary Schools. The average age in this form is 13 years.
At the beginning of the school year in October 1944, (Shawwal 1363) the three best boys from
Form III were sent to Egypt by the Government to join the Saidieh Secondary School in Cairo,
where they are receiving their education at the expense of the Egyptian Ministry of Education.
One of them is being supported by the Bahrain Government and the other two by their parents.
All three were placed in the First Form as they have not studied French or Science and are weak
in Mathematics. A fourth boy has gone to the American Secondary School in Baghdad.
The British Council has renewed Yusif Shirawi's scholarship at Beirut University for another
year. He is now in the 4th year Preparatory Class and is expected to join the Freshman's course
this year.
4. The Hostel.
Throughout the year the Hostel has been filled to capacity. 10 places are now reserved for
boys from the Technical School and 4 for villagers. In addition to Bahrainis we have had a young
Sheikh from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and two boys from Qatar.
The Hostel is becoming the hub of Bahrain educational life. It is used for meetings, lectures,
cinema shows and parties. It has been a major factor in bringing about that sense of unity which
has developed both among the boys and masters of the different schools.
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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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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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