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'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms' [19r] (37/124)
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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rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
and it is surely a question as to whether
the State of Bahrain will benefit materially by
the expenditure or whether, for instance, it would
not be better to put the money into some more use
ful public service - say an hotel.
31. As regards a Briquecting plant, I have
gone into the details with the Bahrain Petroleum
Company to the extent of their knowledge. The
relevant points seem to be that they have sold the
coke dump, with the exception of a reserve for local
needs, to a carbon company in the united States.
The coke is only suitable for domestic fuel and
possibly boiler-firing. This is due to its high
sulphur content which amounts to 6 per cent and makes
it unsuitable for blacksmiths' work, it is difficult
to move in the raw owing to its brittle nature and a
bag of coke not made into briquettes would arrive at -
say Shiraz - pulverised. Another point for considera
tion is that for converting the coke into briquettes
a binding material of either asphalt or tar must be
used. Neither of these articles is at present
available in Bahrain, and they would have to be
imported now, though an asphalt plant is to be built
in Bahrain in the near future. It will probably be
ready in about one year's time. As to the plant
itself, a briquetting plant requires special power,
pulverisers, magnets, mixing with the binding material
at high degrees of temperature produced by steam under
pressure. Then, of course, there is the'actual press.
No one seems to be able to estimate the cost, but it
would be high and to warrant this expenditure a steady
market is essential, it is clearly not present in the
Gulf,
32. Efforts were made by the Bahrain Petroleum
Company to rectify the brittle quality of the coke.
Success was achieved with coke straight from the retorts
but they could not succeed with coke from the dump.
33. It may possibly be practicable to use some
form of small hand-press but even for that it would be
necessary to import binding material. The project
does not seem practicable at the present time.
NS.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (60 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/1/345
- Title
- 'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 9r:27v, 34r:34v, 36r:44v, 46r:46v, 47v, 47r:47v, 47v:55v, 57r:60v, back, 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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