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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)' [208r] (13/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (35 folios). It was created in 1942. 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 1360.
In the budget for 1360 I anticipated that the revenue would be Rs. 35,64,000. The actual
revenue was Rs. 44,32,000. The actual revenue exceeded the budgeted amount in all sources except
Judicial Receipts but the budget was a very conservative one.
The total revenue in 1360 was Rs. 4,68,000 less than in 1359 y ears there were large
abnormal receipts which cannot be classed as ordinary income. In 1359 the Government received
Rs. 5,61,000 on account of the new oil concession and from the sale of rice previously bought as a war
measure. In 1360 one
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
which had been lent to the electric undertaking was refunded,
Rs. 1,76,000 was the profit made by the sale of War Loan securities on the transfer of the Reserve
Fund from England to India and Rs. 39,000 was received from His Highness Shaikh Sir Hamad who
purchased a building in Manamah which had previously been acquired by the Government. This
sum was included under the heading " Miscellaneous Receipts." Taking into consideration these
abnormal receipts in both years there was a decrease in revenue during 1360 of approximately
2 J
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
A comparison of the 1359 and 1360 revenues shows that in 1360 the oil royalty declined by
Rs. 1,87,000, Customs Receipts were Rs. 89,000 lower and most other sources of revenue, with the
exception of interest from the Reserve Fund, produced slightly less than in the previous year.
At the end of 1360 the State had a balance of Rs. 4,58,000, apart from the Reserve Fund, and
no financial liabilities.
EXPENDITURE 1360.
The total expenditure during 1360 was Rs. 31,53,000 and Rs. 13,97,000 was added to
the Reserve Fund. Payments to the Ruling Family from oil royalties and the Civil List amounted
to Rs. 14,23,000. This was less than last year owing to the decrease in oil royalty.
Administrative services cost Rs. 3,13,000 which was about Rs. 25,000 less than the estimated
expenditure but approximately Rs. 18,000 more than the expenditure in 1359. The increase in the
salaries of magistrates accounted for about Rs. 6,000 of this amount.
Expenditure on public health was Rs. 2,42,000 which was Rs. 10,000 less than the budgeted
amount but about Rs. 37,000 more than during last year. The increase in expenditure corresponds
to the expansion of medical work and public health services including antimalaria measures and
reclamation of mosquito breeding swamps.
Public Protection cost the State Rs. 3,89,000, an increase of Rs. 37,000 over the previous year.
This was the largest single item of expenditure during the year. It includes the cost of the State
Police, Special Police, Naturs, equipment, rations, land and water transport and reconstruction of a
house in Muharraq for use as a police station.
The amount provided for Education in the 1360 budget was Rs. 1,32,000. During the year
however there was an expansion of educational facilities and additional staff were employed, the
actual expenditure was Rs. 1,57,000.
Other items of recurrent expenditure were generally according to the amounts allocated in the
1360 budget.
Public Works. In the budget for 1360 Rs. 3,86,300 was provided for public works of which
Rs. 2,15,000 was for the completion of the Manamah-Muharraq swing bridge. The amount paid
to the contractors during the year was Rs. 2,38,500 ; the total cost of the swing bridge amounted
to Rs. 4,96,600, not including the road approaches, toll houses and other works constructed by the
Government and the municipalities.
Expenditure on the works detailed in the Public Works Department budget for 1360 amounted
to Rs. 1,85,000. The rebuilding of customs staff quarters was not undertaken and although
the expenditure on the surgery block in the Government hospital exceeded the allocated amount the
building was not completed at the end of the year and some of the additional rooms, mortuary, garage,
etc., were not constructed.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1360 AH (1941-1942) 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 1361 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, photographic images, graphs and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An Index appears on folio 204r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated June 1942 (folio 205).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1360 (folio 206r);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 207r);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 207v);
- Notes on Revenue 1357 (folio 208r);
- Notes on Expenditure 1357 (folios 208r-209r): Public Works, Hospitals, Police Married Quarters, Fort Jail Yard, Manamah Police Station, Technical School, Bridge Approaches and Buildings, Manamah Palace, Muharraq Sea Road, Budeya Garden, Kozabia Bungalow (leased to the Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ), Cattle Sheds, Land Department Office and Adviserate, Maintenance of Roads, Upkeep of Government Buildings;
- Reserve Fund (folios 209r-209v);
- The Manamah Muharraq Bridge (folios 209v-210v);
- Pearl Industry (folios 210v-212r);
- Police and Public Security (folios 212r-213r): Strength, Routine, Jail, Muharraq Police Station, Duties, Public Security, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Court 1360, and List of Police Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court During 1360;
- Public Health (folios 213r-218v): Out-patients, In-Patients, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Vaccinations, Laboratory, Anaesthetics, The dispensaries, The Police, The schools, Anti-Malaria Measures (Chief results of anti-malarial work in 1360, Special Schemes, Propaganda), Air Raid Precautions, Statistic of Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensaries for Year 1360, Predominating Male Outpatient Diseases 1360, Summary Results of Treatment of Male In-Patients 1360, Bahrain Government Hospital Female Side 1360, Major Operations, Male Dispensary Statistics, Laboratory Results, Women's Dispensaries Showing Predominating Diseases, Total Number of Deliveries 1360, The Police, and The Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folio 219r);
- Judicial Department (folios 219r-219v): The Bahrain Courts, Shara [Sharia] Courts, Majlis Tijara [Majlis Tijārah], and Appeal Courts;
- Manamah Municipality (folios 219v-220r);
- Muharraq Municipality (folio 220r);
- Shia Wakf [Waqf] Department (folio 220r);
- Education (folios 220r-222r): Government Boys' Schools, Government Girls' Schools, and The Technical School (Report by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal of the School);
- Minors Department (folio 222r);
- Agriculture (folio 222v);
- Passport Department (folio 222v);
- Price Control (folio 223r);
- State Engineer's Department (folios 223r-224v): Electricity, Wiring Contracts, Mains Extension, Air Conditioning, Continuity of Supply, Financial Position, Electricity Charges, Prospecrs for 1361, Telephones, Transport Department, Fire Section, Traffic Section, Oil Royalty and Government Inspection, Financial Position, General (Anti-Malaria Campaign, Manamah-Muharraq Swing Bridge, and Staff;
- Bahrain Electric Supply (folios 225r-231r): Statement of energy generated, sold, etc., Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Load Revenue Curve 1359, and Load Revenue Curve 1360;
- Oil Gauging (folios 229r-230r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1940 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1941;
- Customs Department, report for the year 1360 by Mr C C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 231v-235r);
- Budget 1361 (folios 235v-236v): Notes on Revenue and Notes on Expenditure.
Illustrations appear on one folio and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 211: 'Manamah-Muharraq Bridge', 'The Bridge open for water traffic', and 'Bridge Head and Toll House'.
On folio 236v there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 222v)
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (35 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 204r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 202-237.
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- Title
- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)'
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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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