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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎61r] (134/414)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. 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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6. MUNICIPALITIES.
The work of the Municipalities was confined
to routine matters and no important projects were /
instituued.
7- PUBLI C WORKS.
No new major works were carried out during
this year.
8. ELSCTRIGITY DEPARTMENT .
(a) The new generating set of 206 KW capacity
arrived in Bahrain in March, 1945, but the extension
of the power House having proceeded little beyond the
stage of planning and the engine having arrived minus
certain essential parts, the plant was not in operation
by the end of the year and the three overworked and long
enduring British sets catered very spasmodically for the
needs of the hard tried and perspiring population of
Bahrain during a very unpleasant hot weather.
Were it not that the R.A.F.'s plant at
Muharraq came into operation on the 1st June and thereby
released the Government power House of about 100 KW of
their load the situation would have been even worse than
it was. Consumers were, during the hot weather, cut off
daily at regular (sic) intervals and the total period
during which supply was proportioned was as follows
A & C Feeders 264 hrs. 11 Minutes.
Royal Naval Base,
Jufair 233 " 8 "
Belgrave Feeder 196 11 49 "
Bazaar Feeder 73 " 30 "
Muharraq, which has its own feeder, was cut off for a
total of 18 hrs. 37 minutes.
The total period of shutdowns for mechanical
defects was 786 hrs. 15 minutes during the months
Apr il/D ec ember.
(b) Extensions to Power Supply .
(1) In April the Royal Air Force Rest House
and the British Overseas Airways Corpora
tion Jetty were connected by means of a
new L.T. Line and transformer from the
Shaikh's Palace at Gudhaibiya.
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(2) The British Overseas Airways Corporation
Transit Camp, Gudhaibiya, was connected
by means of a new H.T. Line and 20 KVA
Transformer during July.
(3) A new sub-station for the British Overseas
Airways Corporation Rest House was connected
direct from the Government power House by
(continued)

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The volume contains typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1945' [1946] and typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year by 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.

The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.

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1 volume (203 folios)
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There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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