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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎144r] (292/616)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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and the maskat political agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1907-1908.
95
CHAPTER IX.
ADMINISTRATION REPOET OP THE BAHBEIN POLITICAL
AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR THE YEAR iy07-1908.
General.
The year under report has been comparatively uneventful, the financial
outlook being gloomy in the extreme owing to the foreign pearl markets
having shown no sign of improvement at any time, while a most serious out
break of plague in the spring contributed further to render trading unsafe,
consequent not only upon the mortality amonsst debtors but also upon the
abrupt flight of others—chiefly British Indian, Turkish and Persian subjects—
beyond the ken of their creditors.
The general volume of Bahrein trade has fallen from Rs. 4,73,18,202 in
1906 to Rs. 3,18,33,633 in 1907-1908, showing a drop of 3r 72 per ce^t. The
trade is still however 12 per cent, greater than it was in 19 the year prior
to the Government of India's active intervention in the State's affairs for the
checking of misrule.
The result of the peayl-fishery of 1907 would be regarded in an ordinary
year as satisfactory, the take being above the average but not including so
many pearls of the first quality as in the preceding two years. The people of
both Katar and Katif are believed to have had better fortune than bad those
of Bahrein.
Rainfall and Harvest.
The rain p all in Bahrain amounted this year to only 1*28 inches, half an
inch of which fell on the night of the 22nd May 1907, doing perhaps as much
harm as good.
This last mentioned fall was accompanied by a cyclonic storm of wind
which levelled with the ground almost every date-stick and matting hut on
the islands.
The number of date-trees uprooted and destroyed was first estimated at
3 000, subsequently increased to 10,000. Six or eight boats anchored in the
harbour were overturned and completely broken up. Six persons were said to
have been drowned, and 24 others in imminent danger were picked up out of
the sea by a life-boat from British India Steam Navigation Company s
steamer Via, for which act two of the ship's officers received medals from the
Royal Humane Society. A portion of the pearling fleet also encountered the
hurricane on the pearl-banks, about a dozen boats being capsized. The crews,
however, were saved with the exception of about three persons.
As a set-off against the material damage done, the plague-infected towns
and villages no doubt received a badly needed cleaning, and this, in conjunction
with the advent of the hot weather immediately afterwards, probably caused
the epidemic to commence subsiding as it did from about the beginning or
June.
The deficiency of the rainfall on the mainland, especially in Katar, was as
serious as in the islands.
Practically no crop of grass was obtained at all, in consequence of which
most of the aquatic-nomadic tribes of Katar were obliged to send the greater
portion of their flocks, camels and horses to the vicinity of Hasa and even
beyond for the hot weather of 1908.
The 1907 date crop in Hasa was a bumper one, both in quality and
quantity. Some difficulty was experienced, however, in getting the surplus
produce up to Basrah, where Hasa dates are much esteemed, in consequence of
the insecurity of the caravan routes.
The Katif crop was an average one, and the Bahrain crop rather below the
average.

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The volume contains Administration Report on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. and Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).

The Reports contain reviews 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.

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1 volume (304 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of each Report.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.

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