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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1359 (February 1940 - February 1941)' [172v] (16/74)
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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Approximately Rs. 16,500 was spent on the Manamah Fort. All the outer walls and the
four corner towers have now been rebuilt. The north east tower contains a large office on the
iirst floor and a store on the ground floor: this and the eastern wall and the north-eastern tower
were built during the year. Additional latrines were made and the inside garden was fenced. *
.Work was commenced, but not completed, on the new Technical School workshop. The
building, which is 120'x 40', is adjacent to the existing Technical School and its dimensions
are according to the recommendations of Mr. G. E. H utchings , Principal of the Baghdad
TVchnical School, who visited Bahrain in order lo advise the Government on technical education.
I hi; root is carried on reinforced concrete beams supported by reinforced concrete pillars. Owing
Jo ihe price of steel beams and the difficulty of obtaining them this method of construction was
adopted for the first time in Bahrain. The old building, together with the new workshop, will
provide accommodation for about 100 boys. The amount spent on this building was Rs. 13,000.
Some improvements were made to the customs premises during the year, including an
ollice at the entrance to the pier and trolley lines and lighting on the pier extension. The cost
of this was approximately Rs. 10,000.
Other work included additional Government garages, additional class rooms in the Manamah
school, an extension to the Nairn dispensary, enlarging the jail at Jida, building stables for the
Government cattle, building a coffee-shop and a bathing shelter at Adari, and the upkeep and
repairs of Government buildings, roads, and bridges.
THE PEARL INDUSTRY.
The report of the diving results for the year 1359 is a depressing record. The year 1358 was
a bad one but the 1359 season was even worse. There appears no prospect of any improvement
while the war lasts; the European markets are closed, and there is no activity in America in
spite of the fact that it ^-vvas announced from Germany on the radio that there was a boom in
diamonds and pearls. 1 here was some activity in the Indian market but the demand there is
usually for second-grade pearls.
Onl} I 9 I boats went to sea, which is a decrease of 28 when compared to the number of
boats licensed in the previous season. This is the lowest number of boats diving since proper records
have been kept by the Government, and it is probable that not all of them will be used in the
1360 season.
Prices were lower than last year though the catch appears to have been larger. The best
pearl which was found during the season was sold for Rs. 15,000. At the end of the season
there was some improvement in prices but they never reached last year's level. No important
buyers visited Bahrain except Shaikh Mohomed Ali Zaina! who bought practically nothing The
biggest local buyers were Haj Khalil Moayad and Haj Sulman bin Isa Kuwaiti. '
Pearl prices during the season were as follows:
. Rs - Rs - Rs. Rs.
Sherm ... 25 to 30 per chow. Na . am „ t0 per chow
Golwa ... 8 to 10 per chow. Badla ... 3 to 4 per chow.
The total catch, according to calculations based partly on actuals and partly on averages
was worth Rs. 5 ,19,000, which is approximately one
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
less than last year's value This figure
represents the amount received by divers and nakhudas from the sale of pears which is less fhan
the value of the pearls when they are exported from Bahrain.
Merchants, nakhudas, and divers had a poor year. Merchants and nakhudas in some ways
^red relatively worse than the divers, because the divers at least received their official advances
Out of the 60 boats diving on the selafieh system only seven boats covered the expenses In the
wl^al 5 follows 8 "* ^ d,VerS and PUllerS Were ,eSS than the t0tal 0f their annUaI advan « s
Tesqam
Selaf
Kharjieh
Total
Diver.
Puller.
Rs.
Rs.
25
20
25
20
20
20
70
60
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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).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (36 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 167r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 165-201.
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- Title
- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1359 (February 1940 - February 1941)'
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- front-d, front-d-i, 166r:200v, back-d-i, back-d
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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