'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)' [263r] (51/76)
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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Manamah and will make the country people less dependent on the town. Another advantage o
rationing is that it strikes a blow at the credit system by which almost every householder used
to be permanently in debt to his grocer. The rationing system is a ready money system.
In August a Food Control Committee consisting of several leading notables not personally
interested in the import trade or retail business was appointed to help the Food Controller. The
committee was afterwards increased and His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa was made President.
Weekly meetings were held and a sub-committee was elected especially to deal with village supplies.
At the end of the year the Government had taken to buying most of the rationed food supplies
not from any wish to compete with the merchants but because this method was in the public interest.
In November the Manamah Municipality took over the work of issuing ration cards from the
Food Controller and later the Muharraq Municipality undertook the same work in Muharraq. Tins
arrangement was more satisfactory and resulted in fewer complaints. The only exception to the
rationing rules were the members of the Ruling Family who were allocated monthly quantities, on a
generous scale, by the Ruler who also appointed a junior Shaikh to deal with their requirements.
One of the results of price control in Bahrain was that certain goods could be sold in
neighbouring countries at ten times the Bahrain price. Successful smuggling out of Bahram produced
big profits and various ingenious methods were employed to smuggle out tea and sugar to ersia an
Iran Before the war the Customs authorities were constantly concerned with preventing smugg mg
of goods into Bahrain with the intention of evading payment of import duty. Exports from Bahram,
nof being liable for duty, were not so closely scrutinised. Today the position has been entirely
reversed Persons who manage to import goods do not attempt to smuggle them into the country
but the police and customs staff are busily engaged in catching smugglers who try to remove
foodstuffs from Bahrain in order to sell them where prices are high. In spite of the severe senten
which are imposed by the Bahrain Courts successful smugglers make so much money that y
risk fine, imprisonment and confiscation of goods.
Comparison in Prices between Pre-War & Present Rates.
Commodity.
Pre-War. Present Rate. Increase
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
RICE (ballam) maund 4 >4 o ^ ^ °
Karachi* .. •• maund 38° 8 4 » *35/o
a'™ » - .. ruba 0 4 6 090 **>%
WHEAT FLOUR ruba 04" ^
COFFEE NATIVE ruba 120 2 o
GHEE Vegetable ruba 1 3 0 2 14 J
MATCHES S-ss 120 4, 6 275
SUGAR r uba <> 4 0 x o 6 3-X.
TEA ruba 300 7 8 6 150/0
CIGARETTES on an average 100%.
WHITE SHIRTING P"^ 40 , 8 0 24 0 o 338J%
MALAFA P^Jds 18 180 380 135%
COTTON MULLS .. .. .. P^ 20 2 I2 0 u o 0 300%
SUWALI P^ds 3 " 400 23 0 0 475%
PRINTS P^Jds 40 2 8 0 to ^ 300°/
815%
20%
BASRA Dates .7 .. .. maund 210 o 24 0 0 ^
SAF & JEREEDS thousand 10 o o
u j ^ n O 80 0 O 100 /o
REED MATS hundred 40 o o
FIREWOOD .. • • • • maund 600 ^ 0
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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.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folio 238-275.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)'
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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