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'Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937' [20v] (40/86)
The record is made up of 1 volume (43 folios). It was created in 1937. 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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In 1353 (1934-35) a police station was built at Hedd, with a small office, men's quarters, and
a lock-up enclosed by a wall, and during the same year a similar police building was built at
Budeya.
New Customs During 1937 several important works were carried out. A new customs
House. house, with a flat above the offices, was built on the shore, immediately
east of the pier. The building and the reclaiming of a large area of ground
which was required to extend the customs wharves cost Rs 66,000/-.
The new offices are light, airy, and convenient, and the building has done much to improve
the appearance of the water front.
In the customs square a round garden with a fountain in the centre has been made, where
it is hoped eventually to grow evergreen shrubs, grass, and flowering bushes. The circular garden
in the centre of the square was made partly as a means of ensuring the one-way traffic rule, which
is necessary owing to the large amount of motor traffic in this neighbourhood, and partly for the
purpose of improving the appearance of the square.
Shops. Three shops, which have been rented on a long lease as motor showrooms
and office, were built behind the old customs house on the site of some
tumble-down sheds on the west side of Barrett Street. The Import Yard shed, part of the customs
premises, occupies most of one side of this street. This shed, since the construction of the pier
shed about twelve years ago, is never filled to its capacity, and space along the road to contain
a line of shops could be spared from the shed. As this is now the chief shopping centre in Bahrain,
shops in the street are a profitable proposition.
Palace During 1936 a wall, stone base and pillars, with wooden railings, was
Wall. built in front of the Palace, which has greatly improved its appearance
as well as making it possible to keep out crowds from in front of the
Palace on public occasions.
Law At the time of writing this report, the new Law Courts are in the course
Courts. of construction. The building is on a piece of ground which has been
reclaimed and which was until recently water, inside the Manamah sea
road, between the properties of Kozaibi & Co. and Gray Mackenzie. The offices and courts are
round three sides of an open courtyard, and when the building is completed all the different courts,
with their records, will be housed in one place instead of being scattered in various parts of the
town in Government buildings and in hired rooms. Each courtroom has a record room and office
opening out of it.
Bazaar In the winter of 1936 a serious fire occurred near the Manamah Municipal
Buildings. Buildings which entirely destroyed the 'Suk al Arbaa,' an extensive
bazaar, including the vegetable market and a number of shops belonging
to H.H. Shaihk Hamad. Although much damage was done, the fire was a blessing in disguise,
as His Highness decided to abolish the dangerous and insanitary type of buildings and to build
new markets and shops. This work was undertaken, at His Highness's expense, by the Bahrain
Government. Stone shops were built, and three large iron sheds were erected which are to be
used for selling fruits, vegetables, and lucerne. The new bazaar is sanitary and up-to-date, and
a water supply has been laid down which makes it possible to sluice the floors of the sheds every
day and to wash out the shops. A pipe has also been laid on to the meat market so that it, too,
can be washed out daily. In addition to His Highness's shops and sheds, two of His Highness's
sons, who owned land in the bazaar, have built lines of new shops in place of the matting sheds
which were there previously.
Through the kindness of the Manager of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, one of the
Company's English staff has been allowed to superintend the erection of the steel sheds, and
worked on the job for some months. This new bazaar is one of the most noticeable improvements
in Manamah which has occurred during recent years.
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- Content
This volume is an administration report covering the years 1926 to 1937 (though in some subjects the report goes further back than 1926) and deals mainly with the activities of the Bahrain Government. It includes text, photographic images, graphs and tables. The report was based on annual reports of the financial and government departments which are made every year. A contents page can be found on folio 3, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, dated December 1937 (folio 4).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Finance (folio 5): Revenue;
- The State Police and Public Security (folios 5v-10v): The Levy Corps, Political Disturbances, Attempt to assassinate the Shaikh, Indian Levy Corps, Crime and Prostitution, Drugs and Liquor, The State Jail, The Present Police Force, Administration and Routine, Changing Nature of Duties, Recent Innovations, Police Band, Camel Section, Shooting, Uniforms, Police Training in India, and The Naturs;
- Customs Department and Revenue (folios 10v-13v): Organisation and Establishment, Revenue (Customs Duty, Import Yard charges, Khanchieh, Porterage, Pier Fees, Landing Company, Mainland Cargo, Optional Cargo System, Transhipment Cargo), Transit Cargo, Export Dues, Boat-Building, Customs Improvements, Steamship Lines, and Future Improvements;
- Judicial (folios 13v-19v): Institution of Courts, The Bahrain Court (Criminal Cases, Civil Cases, Diving Cases, Land Cases, Fish-Trap Cases), The Bahrain Small Court, Shera [Sharia] Court (Sunni and Shia), The Mejlis Tajara [Majlis Tijārah] and Diving Court, Small Mixed Court, Laws and Codes, Police Regulations, and Judicial Legislation (Diving Regulations, Wakils Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. , Mortgages, Appeals, Statute of Limitations, Liability of Government Servants);
- Public Works (folios 19v-23v): Roads, Buildings (Suk al-Khamis [Sūq al-Khamīs] Mosque, Idari Water Channel and Mosque, Manamah School and Workshop, Barracks, Police Station, New Customs House, Shops, Palace Wall, Law Courts, Bazaar Buildings, Jufair Naval Base, and Manamah-Muharraq Road;
- Land Registration (folios 23v-24v): Survey, Reports on Land Cases, Registration of Sales and Titles, Mortgages, Government Title Deeds, Fish-Traps, and Leases and Government Forms;
- Education (folios 24v-27v): Formation of an Education Committee, Muharraq School Built, Jaffarieh [al-Ja‘farīyah] School, Opening of a Girls' School, Appointment of a School Inspector, Strike of Students and Masters, Reforms in the Schools, Disappearance of School Committees, Amalgamation of Manamah Boys' Schools, Technical Education, Bahrain Boys at Beyrout University [American University of Beirut], Education of the Ruling Family, and Future Development of Education;
- Electric Department (folios 27v-29r): Original Installation, Muharraq Extension, Share of Municipalities, Progress, State Engineer, Progress, First Profitable Year, Future Prospects, Telephone System, and Summary of Seven Years' Working;
- Agriculture (folios 29r-31v): Land Tenure, Date Cultivation, Lucerne, Cereals, Cotton, Tobacco, Fruit Trees, and Vegetables.
- Wakf [Waqf] Administration (ff. 31v-35r): Nature of Wakfs, Shaikh Khalaf, Syed Adnan's Administration, Appointment of a Council, Previous attempts to organise Wakf Department, Progress of Administration and Elections, Results, Future Development, and Sunni Wakf Administration;
- Passport Department (folio 35r);
- Municipalities (folios 35r-38r): Constitution and History (Manamah and Muharraq), Municipal Finance, Municipal Taxation, Municipal Achievement, Roads, Manamah (Conservancy, Sanitation, Water Supply, Malaria, Fire Precautions, Markets and Food Regulations, Public Health Measures, Gardens, Cemeteries), and Muharraq Municipality;
- The Pearl-Diving Industry (folios 38r-40v): General, The Diving System, The Reforms, Demonstrations by Divers, The Slump, Diving Mortgages, Divers' Debts, Transfer of Divers, The Catch, and Recent Changes;
- Social and Political Developments (folios 41r-42v): Arabs and Baharna, The Baharna, The Townsfolk, Houses, Games, Class Changes, The Ruling Family, and The Women.
Photographic images appear on eleven folios, and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 7: 'Sooq Al Khamis Mosque' and 'A Village Dispensary';
- Folio 11: 'An Artesian Well (Showing head of water)' and 'A Natural Spring (Adari [‘Adhārī])';
- Folio 14: 'Meat Market', 'Slaughter House', and 'Metal Vegetable Market (Under Construction)';
- Folio 15: 'Modern Village in Manamah', 'A Street in Manamah', and 'Municipal Garden, Manamah';
- Folio 16: 'A Small Pearling Dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. ';
- Folio 21: 'New Customs House and Round-about', 'Government Shops', and 'Women's Dispensary';
- Folio 22: 'The Palace Manamah', 'Manamah Muharraq Sea Road', and 'The Road (From the Sea)';
- Folio 25: 'Manamah Boys' School', 'School Workshops', and 'A Village School';
- Folio 30: 'A road in Manamah' and 'Street in Muharraq';
- Folio 32: 'A Policeman' and 'Police on Parade';
- Folio 33: 'Buildings Constructed by Bahrain Government at Naval Base, Jufair [al-Jufayr]', 'Clerk in Charge's House', 'Canteen', and 'Officer's Building'.
Folio 17 is a graph entitled 'A decade of Customs Progress'. A note on the title page reads 'Property of H.B.M. Embassy Bahrain' (folio 2r) and the back cover includes a label that reads: 'Printed at the Dolphin Press, Brighton, England' (folio 43v).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (43 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains a page of contents (folio 3) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 1-43.
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- Title
- 'Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937'
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- front, front-i, 2r:42v, back-i, back
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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