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'File 35/5 Development of Grazing Grounds (Supplies from Persia)' [3r] (5/118)
The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in 5 Jun 1946-13 Apr 1949. 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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GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN.
D.o.No./rr?-^^
Adviserat©, June EE, 1946,
Reference your D # o*No. C/593 dated 5th June
1945, I have gone into the question of firewood
and have considered the possible affect upon our
supplies which would be caused if wood was not
forthcoming from Persia. Though most of the wood
which we use is imported to Bahrain by Persian craft
yet only about 10 % of it is grown in Persia, the
remainder comes from the Batna coast. If Persia
tightened the control on native craft and reduced
( the trade between her coast and Bahrain we would
suffer severely from lack of meat, certain cereals,
dry vegetables such as onions and potatoes and many
other necessary commodities but the reduction in
imported wood would not affect Bahrain very seriously.
S. I agree that it would be of lasting value to
Bahrain if grazing grounds could be developed which
would support herds of cattle, sheep and goats. At
present, in years when the rainfall is normal, there
is grazing in Bahrain for up to five or six thousand
head of cattle and sheep for two or three months during
spring. If fresh water were found on Hawar Island the
grazing would be considerably augmented. In my opinion
the main obstacle in developing grazing grounds is the
lack of water. The average rainfall is about S inches
which is I imagine very much lower than the rainfall
E/-
Coni." Ji&L
B A HR Am RECEIPT.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the possibility of developing agricultural and grazing land in Bahrain.
The Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) was commissioned by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain to complete a report on Bahrain's water resources, and the file contains both this report (ff 15-29) and correspondence related to it. The BAPCO report on Bahrain's water resources contains a map of the country showing the distribution of artesian water wells (folio 18).
Some of the file's correspondence relates to a visit made to Bahrain in March 1949 by Sir Herbert Stewart, Agricultural Adviser to the British Middle East Office. A report written by Stewart after his visit entitled 'The Possibilities of Agricultural Development in Bahrain' is also contained in the file (ff 41-47).
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- 1 file (59 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/2/850
- Title
- 'File 35/5 Development of Grazing Grounds (Supplies from Persia)'
- Pages
- 3r:5v, 9r:9v, 11r:12v, 54r:54v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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