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'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms' [‎16r] (31/124)

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The record is made up of 1 file (60 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1942-15 Feb 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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sum to overcome. I have asked Belgrave if he can
let me have an estimate and after its receipt the
desirability of removal to a new site can be balanced
with the financial outlay, and the question finally
settled. l) 0 Vw ^
17, As regards Education. There are two points
for consideration, one of which is the provision of a
Director of Education in which connection please see
my telegram No.52 dated the 7th February, 1946. Since
its despatch the picture has altered in that the man
the Bahrain Government had in mind is no longer
available. The question now, therefore, is one of
principle whether the Bahrain Government is to continue
to depend on the British Council for a Director or
whether the Director should be a State employee. You
will see from the enclosure to 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. Express
Letter No. Ext.1043/46 dated the 14th February, 1946,
that the British council are suggesting that the ^
Bahrain Government should employ an Englishman as
Head-master in the secondary school. The case might
be resolved by the British council's finding the Head
master and the Bahrain Government the Director both of
whose services could be made available to Kuwait for
necessary periods.
18. A further point for discussion is that the
Sheikh is very doubtful if he is receiving any good
return for the expenditure on education in Egypt.
He is not at all sure that the boys do not absorb
ideas of a trend which may be harmful to the State.
He is toying with the possibility of sending them
to Beirut to the American University. That would
not be desirable; neither is it really practicable
to send them to the Sudan. Each boy costs the State
Rs.5,000 a year, and I wonder if it would not be a
more paying proposition to reduce the number of students
sent abroad, spend more on each individual and send
them to England.
19. As regards technical education, the situation
is that the school is now being run under the super
vision of a local teacher. This is not satisfactory
and consequently I have approached the Bahrain Petro
leum Company. That Company inform me that a certain
sum of dollars, 50,000 I believe is the figure, has
been allotted for technical education, supply of
machinery, necessary tools, etc., and that the proposal
was to train youths in BAPCO shops utilizing the part
time services of the company's skilled employees.
I, therefore, proposed to the General Management that
they should combine their scheme with the Bahrain
Technical School and run th,e latter for the Bahrain
Government. Ward Anderson favoured the idea and details
of the scheme on the above lines will be worked out here
and sent to the New York Board of Directors for comments.
■ The Bahrain Government is in favour of the proposal in
* general, and I shall keep you informed of developments.
20. As regards Customs. .Expenditure in this
Department is controlled by the Adviser in the same
way as in the Engineer's Office. Belgrave is agreeable.
/however

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The majority of the documents contained in this file date from 1946 and 1947. The information contained in them relates to the state of Bahrain's economy and infrastructure post-World War Two. The documents contain discussions between the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave (the adviser to the Bahrain Government) concerning reforms in state finances, public health, engineering, education, customs, the judiciary and the police force. The file also contains financial records related to the Government of Bahrain's revenue and expenditure.

Folios 2-8 contain an unrelated report (written by Charles Belgrave) that discusses disturbances in Bahrain that took place during Muharram festivities in January 1942.

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1 file (60 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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Formerly a bound correspondence file, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts on the file cover and continues to last page. Foliation in pencil numbers in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Additional inconsistent foliation, also in pencil, starts with 9 on f.2. There is also occasional inconsistent pagination in blue crayon.

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