'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎29v] (65/396)

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PERSIAN GrTILP ADMINISTRATION REPORT
CHAPTER X.
ADMINISTRATION EEPOET FOR THE BAHRAIN AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR
THE YEAR 1915.
Major T. H. Keyes held charge of the
Personnel. Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. throughout the year.
Relations with Shaikh Isa bin Ali, C.S.I., have been excellent throughout
the year. His youngest son, Shaikh Abdul-
Shaikh Isa and the A1 Khalifah Family. lah}
was awarded the O.I.E., on January 1st,
for assistance rendered during the stay of the Expeditionary force, in October
1914, and was invested with the badge of the Order by His Excellency the
Viceroy in Kuwait in the same month. Shaikh Isa was unable to attend on this
occasion and was invested at Bahrain by the Hon'ble the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in
December.
Shaikh Ali bin Ahmad was fined Rs. 300 by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. for contu
macious conduct towards Shaikh Isa, and Shaikh Hamad bin Muhammad's
conduct was also brought to the notice of the Resident.
Assistant Surgeon G. K. Monani was in charge of the Victoria Memorial
TT . . , r Hospital, the figures of which, as compared
ictona . emom osp! a . with the last two years, are as follows:—
Tear,
In-door.
Out-door.
Total.
1913
78
5,252
5,330
1914
49
4,640
4,689
1915
49
5,665
6,714
The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. attended His Excellency the Viceroy's investiture at
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's To™. with Shaikh Abdullah in January,
and thence proceeded to Basrah. He went
to Doha with H. M. S.'s " Pyramus " and " Dalhousie " in August and again
with Colonel Grey in H. M. S. u Lawrence*' in October {vide Qatar section),
and to Qatif^ in December, in H. M. S. "Lawrence."
Plague, which had appeared on December 22nd, 1914, did not die out till
Plague and Quarantine. 7tli June 1915. There were about 5,000
deaths. liv©. Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. employes were
attacked by the disease and one died.
Shaikh Isa undertook primitive sanitary precautions which were carried
out under Dr. Boomla, the Quarantine Medical Officer.
632 persons were innoculated by Dr. Monani and 250 doses of serum were
supplied to the Arabian Mission Hospital.
Wireless station. . Tlie ^Mess buildings were commenced,
m June 1915, and were practically com
pleted by the end of the year,
local Officials and Majlis. The remarks on page 54 of last year's
ro . , j tit •!. , . Administration Report regarding the local
officials and Majlis apply this year.
There has been a very marked diminution in the Judicial work since the
judicial outbreak ot war with Turkey. Civil suits
„„„„„„ , „ . fel1 from 1 > 484 . valued at Ks. 5.00,000, to
601, valued at Rs. 2,38,200, and Criminal cases from 382 to 103.