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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [160r] (332/414)
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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importers because of the lack of shipping space, and this
forced the banks to extend credit to importers. The
greater part of^this trade was with the United Kingdom and
covered a variety of articles including piecegoods, hard
ware, radios, cement, toilet articles, electrical fittings,
toy, shoes, biscuits, etc., etc. Australian imports took
second place and consisted mainly of foodstuffs. During
the year a small number of young Bahrainis went to the
United Kingdom to make contacts with commercial firms.
There was also a resumption of business with continental
Europe, and in the last few months of the year credits
were opened by local banks with France, Holland and Italy.
(ii) Banking Exchange .
Apart from Indian funds, exchange rates were
steady and remained so throughout the year. The Indian
market depends greatly on the sale of pearls, and as the
pearl market was dull the sale of Indian bills fluctuated
from 3% discount in January to 1% discount in December.
There was a large demand for foreign exchange.
Considerable quantities of uncurrent silver
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
and other silver coins were shipped to India.
Local stocks of uncurrent coins appear to be exhausted.
Sovereigns were exported to ! lraq and Egypt.
The Eastern Bank continued to have by far the
largest share in banking activities but the imperial Bank
of Persia also had a satisfactory year, in the latter
bank over a hundred new accounts were opened.
(ill) industry .
The difficulty in obtaining cotton yarn from
India during the year binder review seriously affected the
local cotton weaving industry which is carried on in the
villages on the south-west coast of Bahrain.
During the latter part of the year Mr. Hussain
Agar, a Persian business man and the owner of a cotton
mill in Bushire, visited Bahrain with the object of start
ing a cotton mill on the island. After some discussion
with the Bahrain Government he broke off negotiations and
left Bahrain.
(iv) property .
Land and house values remained at a high level.
In September the Government brought into force a new Rent
Regulation and as a result values were stabilized and there
was no increase in the price of house property. The appli
cation of this regulation to shop rents is under considera
tion.
20. MEDICAL .
(i) General .
The health of the community is reported to have
improved during the year under review, due, in large part,
to a mild summer, and to the increasing sanitary and anti
malarial
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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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- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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