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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1359 (February 1940 - February 1941)' [‎172r] (15/74)

The record is made up of 1 volume (36 folios). It was created in 1941. 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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REVENUE 1359.
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The estimated revenue in the Budget for 1359 was Rs. 45,07,000. The actual revenue collected
was Rs. 49,01,499. The actual revenue exceeded the anticipated amount by Rs. 3,94,449.
The actual revenue in 1358 was Rs. 45.78,765- Revenue in 1359 exceeded that of 1358 by
Rs. 3,22,734. The 1359 receipts, however, included two abnormal items amounting to Rs. 5,61,972,
being' the payment made by the Bahrain Petroleum Company on signing the oil concession over
the additional area and the price obtained by the Government from the sale of rice which had
been bought in 1358 as a special war measure. If these two items of abnormal revenue are not
taken into consideration the revenue in 1359 was Rs- 43>39»5 2 7» which is Rs. 2,39,238 less than
the revenue during the previous year.
Customs revenue was approximately lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees lower, oil royalty was approximately Rs. 83,000
less, and there was a decrease of approximately Rs. 48,000 in land revenue. This last item in
1358 included some abnormal receipts. Other sources of revenue produced slightly less than in
the previous year.
During the year Rs. 16,52,745 was added to the Reserve Fund and invested in War Loan.
EXPENDITURE 1359.
The total expenditure during the year was Rs. 29,14,372, excluding the amount paid into
the Reserve Fund. Approximately one half of the total expenditure was paid to the Ruling
Family in the Civil List and one third of the oil revenue.
The amount spent on special public works, mostly of a non-recurrent nature, was Rs. 3,18,000.
This was about three lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees less than the budgetted amount owing to the non-completion of the
Manamah—Muharraq bridge. The cost of administration, which includes the various Govern
ment offices, courts, education, medical services, municipalities, and recurrent public works,
was approximately seven lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . Unforseen expenditure, Rs. 46,000, includes the cost of bazaar
property, amounting to Rs. 39,000, which was purchased by the Government when sold by a
Persian subject.
Total expenditure in 1358 was Rs. 36,75,434 and in 1359 it was Rs. 29,14,372. The expendi
ture in 1359 was approximately Rs. 7,61,000 less than during the previous year. In 1358 a con
tribution of Rs. 4,00,000 was given to the British Government towards the cost of the war and
Rs. 1,36,000 was spent on purchasing rice; excluding these sums the normal expenditure in 1358
was approximately Rs. 31,39,000 and the 1359 expenditure was about 2} lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees less than during
the previous year.
Special Public Works. —The expenditure was 3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees less than the amount anticipated in
the budget for 1359; in this budget provision was made for Rs. 6,21,000 to be spent on special
public works whereas the actual expenditure was Rs. 3,18,000.
The chief expenditure on special new works during the year was on the Manamah—Muharraq
bridge and the Government Hospital. The bridge was expected to have been finished during the
year but owing to the war it is not yet complete. The entire superstructure and machinery for
opening the bridge was ready for shipment from England many months before the end of the
year but owing to transport difficulties it failed to arrive.
Three piers and the reinforced concrete dolphin were completed and much of the reinforced
concrete extension was built. The piles and about 30 per cent of the deck of the dolphin were
finished during the year.
It is estimated that it will take about five months from the date of arrival of the material
to complete the whole work. Local labour was used in the construction work under the supervi
sion of British foremen. Arab divers were specially useful in fixing the central submarine cassion.
The women's hospital was completed and opened on May 25th, 1940 (Rabi althanv 18th,
1359), and the men's hospital was brought into use some months later. 1 he ground floor walls
of the administrative building were built and the hospital, kitchen, male nurses' quarters, walls,
gates and mess room were completed during the year. The administrative building will contain
two operating theatres, X-Ray rooms, stores, laboratory and offices. I he two hospitals have
a combined capacity of 100 beds but in case of emergency a considerably larger number of patients
could be accommodated. The expenditure during the year on the women's hospital was Rs. 15,600
and on the men's hospital Rs. 49,000. The expenditure on the administrative building, staff
quarters, kitchen, etc., was Rs. 32,800. The total cost of the men's hospital, including electric,
water and sanitary installations, amounted to approximately Rs. 1,32,000. The nurses' quarters
and the Lady Medical Officer's flat and Matron's flat cost approximately Rs. 86,000.

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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1359 AH (1940-1941) and gives te details of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Bahrain State and contains notes on the activities of the various Government departments, as well as the budget 1360 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, photographic images, and tables, and architectural plans. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An index appears on folio 167r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, dated May 1941 (folio 168r).

The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:

  • Budget 1359 (folio 169r);
  • Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 170r);
  • Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 170v);
  • Note on Revenue 1357 (folio 172r);
  • Note on Expenditure 1357 (folios 172r-172v): Special Public Works;
  • The Pearl Industry (folios 172v-173r);
  • Police and Public Security (folios 173r-175r): Strength, State Police (Recruitment, Routine, Prisoners, Promotions and Appointments), Naturs, Crime, and General;
  • Public Health (folios 175r-181v): Report on the work of the Medical Department, male side, by Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer (Summary of Statistics of Male Patients of the Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensaries, The Out-Patients (Government Hospital, Dispensaries), Bahrain Government Police (The Police Clinic), The Inpatients (Major Operations, Minor Operations), School Medical Examinations, Review of the Anti-Malarial Work) and Women's Section, report by Dr M M McDowall (The Women's Hospital, Health of School Girls);
  • Land Department (folios 181v-183r);
  • Judicial (folios 183r-183v): The Bahrain Court, The Bahrain Small Court, Sunni Shara [Sharia] Court, Shia Shara Court, Majlis Tijara [Majlis Tijārah], Shia Appeal Court, and High Appeal Court;
  • Municipalities (folios 183v-184r);
  • Shia Wakf [Waqf] Department (folios 184r);
  • Education (folios 184r-185v): Report by Mr C R L Adrian Vallance, Director of Education;
  • Female Education (folio 185v);
  • Minors Department (folio 185v);
  • Agriculture (folio 186r);
  • Passport Department (folio 186r);
  • Bahrain Nationality (folio 186v);
  • Census of Bahrain (folios 186v-188r);
  • General (folio 190r): Floods, Death of Shaikh Jasim and Haj Abu Ali bin Rejab [Ḥajj Abū ‘Alī Rajab], Bahrain Broadcasting Station, Visit of H.R.H. the Amir Sa'ud, Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Alkhalifah [Muḥammad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] in Malta, Air Attack on Bahrain, and Papal Insignia bestowed on His Highness Shaikh Hamad [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah];
  • Electric Department (folios 190v-191r): Electricity Department (Wiring Contracts, Temporary Wiring, Air Conditioning), Government Telephone Department, Transport Department, Fire Section, Traffic Section, Oil Royalty and other Gauging, and General (Anti-Malaria Campaign, Electricity Charges, Financial Position, Prospects for 1360);
  • Statement of Energy Sold, etc. (folio 192r);
  • Profit and Loss Account (folio 193r);
  • Customs Department, report by Mr C C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 194r-198r);
  • Budget 1360 (folios 199r-200r).

Illustrations appear on four folios and they are labelled as follows:

  • Folio 171: 'Lay-out of Government Hospital Buildings, Manama';
  • Folio 174: 'The State Police on parade salute His Highness the Ruler, on the occasion of his Accession Anniversary';
  • Folio 182: 'March past a mounted section of His Highness’ state police';
  • Folio 189: 'Roads flooded during unusually heavy winter rains'.

On the front cover there is an inscription that reads 'Printed at the Times Press, Basrah' (folio 165r), and on folio 166r there is a label that reads 'Owing to reasons with the war the printing of this report was delayed for many months'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folios 167r and 195v).

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1 volume (36 folios)
Arrangement

This file contains an index (folio 167r) which references pages of the report.

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Foliation: Folios 165-201.

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