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'File 35/5 Development of Grazing Grounds (Supplies from Persia)' [29r] (57/118)
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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'■ " v ' ^ by thoeo uoiXe was ^ctimatod at
; f" s :f : ^ u ® batT0l4j par osar; a to-e p roontos® of tshiah
r:"' . 4 ' L 3eG ti3 ®°^ draisaod ditohos. Vko rate of flow, in the
'• ;' : ;: I : :; ''-itcioa Vvus Doeaarod and tho ariount of wtor floi’/lnn into the sea
<r ' 4 t ;^, r '^, :;a 2®^«3r«»at V7 as SU 9 B44 bezels per day •'Jalinity tests "
indicated tint the ^oator proportion of this water vise atm fit for
Xt , 10 °5 viou « aa appreciable pressure sink nust
tJli ? ! Ufea ;^ a^iatain this rate of flow and wells drilled in
aho oarry ^ tdiioh criminally wore prolific producers oust decline in *
l^oduotaon due to the r©auction in static iiaad, Hich elevation v^lls nay
crTBn stop proaueiu^ olto^ethor,, As ocrapared with the large quantity of "
w^vor rroduosa for teimation purposes s the Ocffqpany punping statioca at
^ollaq deUws approxinately 20,000 barrels per day for industrial and
domestic uses in the Field end Awali eroas*
_ *•• of water produced fer Hsfinary purposes is approxi-
raat,oly -01^000 barrels per day and the ccaicotitration of* this withdrawal
f r : 'I •■'• • mo ‘febis onall area jiiust create a reduction in static
I P Qcl 111 tha 5 sauo 0 ^ator ^one ©slats in that aroa and is separated
^^V : ! r !t r .'. ^, by tl10 te&oxrtouB Qran^s ?iarl n Hi© esoarprient on
-miinoFy 'im.?2z S'oz-n is situated is the outcrop of )ator '^on& n A u
fojmt4aru and It la contended that surface springe in this area receive
tA©.-... sujpXS' -v *'*■ '-a tho^? forsaationSa /'IthouGh water produced for Refine*'y
puii>°oea is an appreciable quantity, a state of equilibria^ will be reached
at constant withdrami a Fssm infcriaation dating back to 1936, the static
head in this ariSa has undergone little change over the past tan years
indicating that this state of equilibrium has been attained,
To illustrate the quantity of water produced for irrigation
;pirpa'i©3g *;! a production of water from Ain al Mari Ima been measured and
found to be 126,960 barrels per day and from Alxt al Haba and Ain al Lhl&zza
t f° ooiiibinod production varied between 96,630 and 107*450 barrels per day
v;aesl ^^aured over a period in excess of throe weeks* Those are brt three
of oho natural springs which supply irrigation rsqulramonts on the Island
to say nothing of the large nusubar of nativo drilled wella which in all
probability produce on. aggregate total of several million barrels per day.
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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)'
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- 13r:29v, 33r:33v, 38r:38v
- Author
- Government of Bahrain
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