'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎55v] (115/488)

CHAPTER X.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR THE BAHRAIN POLITICAL
AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR THE YEAR 19U.
Charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. was held bv Major S. G. Knox, C.I.E., IA up to
The Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . ^e handed over to
' Captain D. L. E. Lonmer, I.A.
From April to November attempt was made to carry on the office with
only one English clerk, but this experiment failed. For some time gratuit
ous assistance was given in the Vernacular Office by Agha Ali of Lingah,
Throughout the year the deficiency of the staff in both the English and Verna
cular Offices was constantly felt. Considerable difficulty has also been
experienced in obtaining a regular supply of local and mainland news. The
staff have little time and few facilities for this work. Khan Sahib Haji
Abbas is now too old to be of much use; Yusuf Kanoo used to be the chief
supplier of information, but it was found necessary to restrict the scope of
bis services. This he resented, and it has not been possible to reject his
offices in general and retain them in one particular. His loyalty to the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. has recently been more than dubious, and his animosity to certain
members of it marked. In consideration of his past services to Government
through a long series of years, he was granted, as a Coronation honour, thfe
Kaisar-i-Hind medal of the 2nd class.
The building of house accommodation for the clerical staff, and major
repairs and alterations in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , are matters which will have to be
seriously considered in the near future.
The sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. guard was twice relieved during the year, once in April and
again in December. The present guard is composed of Hindu Rajputs, a
fact which is likely to prove a source of much inconvenience.
There was no change in the general character of the work which the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. was called upon to perform. No new foreign interests made their
appearance, nor did any existing ones disappear.
The communities whose welfare is in the charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. are
British, ,
British Indian,
German,
American,
Persian,
Turkish (Jews and Christians),
Non-Bahrain Arab.
The work of the Hospital has gone on much as before and the institution
The Victoria Memorial Hospital. has maintained its general popularly
n . . «. . . . with the public and the Ruling Fajm y-
wing to want of staff it is impossible in general to accommodate in-patien ,
and m consequence it is chiefly dispensary work that is done. For Several
months there has been no compounder, and the Government allowance ot
Ks. 35 with Rs. 5 added from the Hospital Funds has failed to attract any
one. ine same difficulty is acute in all branches of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff.
P ast y ea r the Assistant Surgeon's time has been much occnH
with the quarantine work involved by the presence of plague and theo