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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [198v] (401/616)
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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CHAPTER IX.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR BAHRAIN FOR THE NINE
MONTHS ENDING 31 st DECEMBER 1908.
General.
Bain fall and
harvest.
Public
health.
The period under report has been quiet in Bahrain, though fraught with
incident on the adjacent mainland districts. The chief people of Katar are
all in a sense on the verge of bankruptcy, though this condition does not
affect them so severely as would be the case in other parts of the world, in
view of the fact that their creditors who form the general population have
no effective redress. All have to sink or swim together. In addition to,
and partly in consequence of, this trouble, the Bin Tham family have been
confronted with the danger of being reduced to a lower status by the intrud
ing Turk, and the political situation in Katar will probably continue to
require attention for some time to come.
In Katif there has been civil war throughout almost the whole of the
hot weather, and, though peace was in due time restored, the position of
the mercantile and landed community, shaken by their losses,over pearls and
robbed of a large portion of their date-crop, must indeed be calamitous now.
In Hasa the state of affairs has not been quite so serious though the
governorship of a weak Kaimmakam has allowed the turbulent sections of
the populace to get out of hand and the audacity of the Bedouin has greatly
interfered with trade. It is anticipated that the new regime in Turkey will
soon improve matters in the Mutasarriflik though His Majesty's Govern
ment may then find themselves confronted with a bolder assertiveness on the
part of the Porte towards Bahrain and the other parts of eastern Arabia
which have relations with the Government of India.
With regard to the trade of Bahrain it is not possible yet to state
positively how far a revival has occurred, but it is sincerely hoped that the
Trade Report Statistics for 1908-09 will show a decided improvement on
that of the preceding year.
The year 1908 has been a very dry one in all parts contained within the
purview of this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. In Bahrain the spring rains only amounted to 15
cents and the autumn rains to about 5 cents.
On the mainland the drought in spring was equally serious, but one or
two good falls of rain fell at the commencement of the winter which started
satisfactorily the crop of grass.
The date crops of Hasa and Bahrain have been estimated at "eight
annas "—output 1,000,000 and 175,000 tons respectively—while the crop of
Katif would have been a " six annas " one, but for the destruction and looting
committed by the Bedouin, which reduced it by one half, making the output
about 120,000 tons.
The health of the islands was good throughout the nine months under
report and no epidemics of disease occurred either in "Bahrain or in the
adj acent mainland districts.
As regards the working of the Victoria Memorial Charitable Hospital,
Assistant Surgeon Monani gives the following figures for the years 1907 and
1908 for comparison, showing that the patients treated in the latter year
were nearly twice as numerous as in the former :—
In-door patients. Out-door patients.
1907 .... 11 a^81
1908 .... 108 4,409
1907 Daily average number treated ....
1908 ,, a }} >} . . . •
The prevailing diseases were malaria, rheumatism, eye -diseases and
ulcers.
TotaL
2,39'2
4,517
25
48
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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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