'File 9/2 II Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government' [56r] (126/302)
The record is made up of 1 volume (138 folios). It was created in 20 Jun 1928-31 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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magistrates, amirs, and presidents of Courts etc.
The increase of Rs 45,425/- over the "budgeted amount
is explained in a separate note.
An additional sum of ahout Rs 16,000/- was paid to
H. E. Shaikh Hamad for additional building to his
houses in Muharrak and Sakhir and also for purchase of
a metal fish market. The present market, which is the
private property of H. E. Shaikh Hamad has for several
years been in a dirty and unsanitary condition. It
was thoughtthat the State should assist in this matter
in the interest of public health.
The total amount paid to the Ruling Family from
State funds during 1347 was Rs 5,14,569/-
Customs Department. The Customs expenditure
shows an increase of Rs 6,600/- over the previous year.
This ie results from the following reasons.
(1) automatic increase of increments of
senior members of staff,
(2j increase of staff to deal with passport
work. Until the middle of 134?"the
Bahrain Government did not deal with
passports.
(3) employment of several local youths from
government schools as paid apprentices
in order that they may be eventually
substitutedfor some of the foreign staff.
Secretariat . Ho appreciable difference
between 1346 and 1347. The expenditure is about
Rs 600/- less than budgeted amount.
4. Land Dep artment. Rs 16,042/-. This shows
a saving of Rs 3,070/- as compared with the previous
year. Ho new instruments were purchased in 1347 and
fewer surveyors were employed.
It is hoped that the registration of all the culti
vated area will be completed during 1348. The superin-
■bendent of this department is at present on leave
on his return at the end of the summer the survey
work will be s resumed.
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The volume’s correspondence and other papers concern Bahrain’s state budget, and the rising costs associated with the Bahrain civil list and the Āl Khalīfah family’s allowances. Most of the correspondence takes place between the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave, and the Bahrain Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Colonel Geoffrey Prior. The volume is a chronological continuation of ‘File 9/2 II Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government’ (IOR/R/15/2/128).
The volume includes Belgrave’s budgets for Bahrain for the Hijri years 1347 (1928, folios 5-25) and 1348 (1929, folios 38-66). In these reports Belgrave gives great detail of the state’s expenditure on modernisation. For example, detailed reference of Bahrain’s education system, including the opening of a girls’ school, is given in the 1348 budget (folios 61-63).
The remainder of the volume’s correspondence is chiefly related to Belgrave’s concerns over the continual financial increases being requested by Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah to Bahrain’s civil list. Belgrave’s concern was that these allowances took up too great a proportion of the Bahrain state budget, and because the issue was primarily a political one, he deferred the issue to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , who in turn referred the matter to 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. . There are several copies of the civil list included in the file (for example, folios 81-83). Prior and Shaikh Ḥamad discuss Belgrave’s concerns about the increasing expenditure of the civil list in August 1929 (folios 84-90), with Shaikh Ḥamad raising the hope that revenues from other sources such as kerosene oil might alleviate financial problems.
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- 1 volume (138 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the volume have been arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the beginning to the latest at the end.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is an earlier foliation system which runs through the volume, using blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages.
The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e.
The following folios are foldouts: 11-13, 18, 19, 36, 46-48, 54, 85-89, 97, 105, 111, 112, 133, 134.
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- IOR/R/15/2/129
- Title
- 'File 9/2 II Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government'
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- 11r:25v, 46r:66v, 81r:83v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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