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'Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937' [37r] (73/86)
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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The municipaliiies ire valuable vehicles for carrvinp nut in A l „ ^ i, i
munitaHties '.taf direTGrveZeTiaio^ 5 ' " an ' i - mal " ia "g^onTthSu^f
Precautions, etc. patataS^he'e ^ur
astt? 7- jr "r™;
an oH and netrof^tore 4 TheV grOUnd 0 " the sea si ! ore hc Yond Manamah, on which they built
£ : :r Fs? ft^Aswa; s ^ssftfeHrs
Wel, • The fire en S lne wl]I b e m charge of the police, and will be kept at the Fort.
Iw T r an f .■ During the last ten years the municipality has greatly improved the
Food Regulations. conditions under which food is sold in the ba.aars^ AnimalTSlo be
M j n, , slaughtered in the town opposite the Municipal Building and the meat
Teln TU V ^ ond ! tlons ln a line of palm branch shops whose mud fWs were nTver
clean, i he monopoly tor the meat market and the slaughter-house was in the hand^ of Shaikh
bulman bin Shaikh Hamad. The municipality, in 1346, built a slaughter-house on the shore at
ln Sea, connected to the shore by a pier; and by means of an arrangement
th Shaikh Sulman a proper stone meat market was built adjoining the Municipal Building The
municipality eventually, with the assistance of the Government, purchased S
o\cr the slaughter-house, which is now a municipal concern. The negotiations unfortunatelv
caused considerable ill-feeling, but the final results were satisfactory. e80tlatl0nS ' unto ^nately,
been 1 creacted WaS bU ^! t, ^ dUrin8 the preSent year three Iar g e steel market s have
been elected by His Highness on his own property in the Suk al Arba which are to be **
vejeraUe. lucerne, and fruir markers. These'buildings, and a number of new tone sho^ occupy
site which previously contained barasti buiidines. After a serious fire at the end of 1936 the whole
wfihttone t0
egularly examined by municipal inspectors, who are also responsible for the cleanliness of Lda
I rltheToffi^usTf 16 ' 8 1 ^ f00d m Wh i ch u the mun icipality has shown an interest-sometimes
chee with rh^r, t e f M are P reVe, ? tlon of short-weight bread, use of soda, adulteration of real
mptc, n P ^ egetab u le S hee « short-weight rice, and also standardisation of weights and
measures. During Ramadhan. the municipality buys a quantity of sheep and sells meat at cost
price in order to assist the poor. Other charitable work which is done by the municipality is the
pa>ment ot compensation to poor persons whose houses are destroyed in fires, and the burial
or paupers.
^« ealth In i 9 ] 1 , thc municipality opened a lunatic asylum, which was badly
leasures. " eed ea- It is under the supervision of the Quarantine Medical Officer.
The inmates are men and women, and it usually contains about a dozen
patients.
nn.t J he , need i f ?f * ,e P er settlement has been often discussed by the council, but this has been
postponed until the Government has its own medical officer. There are a number of lepers in Bahrain
especially in the country villages, and undoubtedly steps should be taken to segregate them!
oreign lepers, when they are discovered, are immediately sent home to their own countries.
Attempts to enforce compulsory vaccination have not yet succeeded, though the need for
this is appreciated by many members of the council.
Both in Manamah and Muharraq there are municipal midwives—Indian—who also have free
dispensaries and clinics for women and children. The Government has recently opened a second
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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.
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Foliation: Folios 1-43.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937'
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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