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'File 19/176 VI Bahrain Finances' [77r] (153/253)
The record is made up of 1 file (125 folios). It was created in 17 Oct 1941-6 Apr 1948. 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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to find any industry that could feotirely encouraged
In Bahrain with the possible exception of a briguetting
plant 1*1 ich apparently inyolved difficulties. It apx^ars
that the coke ±* has a high sulphur content which maices it
unsuitable for blacksmithing, but if the coke oould be
briquet ted and exported to Persia it would be a rery valuable
counter in producing supplies in return, so the matter
is not sdinply one for the Oil Company but one in #iich
Bahrain generally has a Tital stalce. The great drawback
in locating any industries in Bahrain is the high cost of
labour as compared with India* and the fact that they would
not be sheltered brfiind a higji itariff wall as in Persia.
ll, I inquired ^ihat progress bad been made in agri
culture and Mr# Belgrave said that it was proposed to
sngage an jfigyptian who was shortly leaving the baudi Arabl^- ;
V -1
service* I pointed out the drawbacks of engaging men in
this haphazarfl way sjnd said it would oe much better for Mr#
Belgrave, if he wanted Egyptian agriculturists, to fly to
Cairo and go into the matter there ^iere a much larger
selection would be available for him.
IS* I drew Mr* ^elgrave's attention to recent instances
of the engagement of European personnel without reference
to us and reminded him that he had been warned about this
on earlier occasions* He replied that the case had been
discussed with the
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.
and that he imagined that
this had been sufficient* I said that the matter would be
taken up with the
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.
who would be asked to see
in future that such action was not taken without reference
to us and reminded him again of the position for his
guidance in the future*
13* THJ5 BR ID OS *
I inquired whether the swing bridge had paid for
its cost or not* *r* ^elgrave replied that it had
not yet paid for its initial oost but that this position
would shortly be reached* The intention then was to
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This file contains Bahrain government budget reports and other detailed financial records for the years 1941 to 1948. The documents in the file include details of goverment revenue and expenditure and discussion related to the size of the allowances received by the Al Khalifa family.
Of note are folios 41 and 42, on which financial details from 1943/44 have been printed on the reverse of two unrelated posters - presumably due to a paper shortage during war time.
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- 1 file (125 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Previously a bound correspondence file but the sheets have now been unbound and are loose. Foliation in small encircled numbers in pencil in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Starts on front cover and continues to last letter page. Folios 41 and 42 are in an envelope. Additional inconsistent system of pagination starts with 3 on f.2. This is partly in larger uncircled numbers and partly in smaller numbers prefaced with 'p.'. Occasional pages also have large encircled numbers in red or blue crayon.
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- IOR/R/15/1/355
- Title
- 'File 19/176 VI Bahrain Finances'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 5v, 9v:10v, 13v:17v, 19v:20v, 22v:38v, 46v, 52v:58v, 61v:62v, 64v, 67v, 70v:89v, 90v, 91v, 93v:103v, 104v, 107r:108v, 109v:122v, 123v:125v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence