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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)' [256r] (37/76)
The record is made up of 1 volume (37 folios). It was created in 1943. 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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^ f The Municipality continued to administer the fund provided by the Government for feeding
destitute old men and women and persons genuinely without means of support. Many hundreds o
these people received a small amount of food every morning at the gates of the Municipal garden.
to The Counc ii met twenty times during the year and the Sub-Committees earned out nineteen
inspections.
Dur i ng the recent years the Manamah Municipality has increased in liveliness and activity.
Besides the successful administration of Municipal affairs, which is reflected in the outward appearance
of Manamah town, the Municipality has co-operated with the Government in many things which are
not essentially Municipal such as A.R.P. work and rationing measures and in these and other matters
it has been of great value.
Moharraq MunicipaUty. The opening of the Shaikh Hamad Bridge linking the towns of
- Manamah and Moharraq brought before the eyes of public the noticeable difference between Mumc.pal
activity in Manamah and in Moharraq. Although Moharraq is a newer administration with less income
than Manamah, its area is considerably smaller and it has fewer responsibilities and commitments.
It was decided that a more active and up-to-date Secretary was required to cope with the new problems
by introduced into Moharraq by the opening of the bridgeand recent developments around the aerodrome
he Shaikh Mohamed Saleh who worked in the Education Department before he held the post of Municipal
is Secretary was transferred back to the Education Department and arrangements were made to appoint a
' a younger and more active official in his place. In Bahrain the success of Municipalities depends to a
far greater extent upon the work of the Municipal Secretaries than in other places where the members
er of the council take a more active interest in public matters,
id
es Municipal revenue during the year amounted to Rs. 49,500 and the expenditure was Rs. 57,000,
al th i s included Rs. 11,500 which was spent upon widening the main street from the pier to the Ruler s
Moharraq residence. Unfortunately the widening of this important street has been carried out by
frequent nibbles and with much expense for small results. It is however now possible for two cars to
is pass in most parts of the street.
! S I Improvements to the Naturs office and the head of causeway were made by the Public Works
Department, the flagstaff was moved, a roundabout was constructed and the dangerous cross roads at
the entrance of the bazaar were made safer by a traffic island on which a traffic Policeman is stationed
during the day.
e Nothing except routine work, town cleaning, road repairs, street lighting, etc. was accomplished
^ by the Municipality during the year.
After his accession His Highness Shaikh Salman appointed his brother Shaikh Abdulla bin
y , Hamad as President of the Moharraq Municipal Council, His Highness himself previously held this
e post.
WAKF DEPARTMENTS.
' f The revenue of the Sunni Wakf Department was Rs. 28,000 of which the greater part was paid
to the beneficiaries of the wakfs. Some repairs were done to wakf property and a few gardens were
planted with young date palms. During the year there was a certain amount of agitation among some
of the Aalims serving in mosques whose property was administered by the Qadis. One or two well
known agitators interested themselves in attempts to stir up public feeling about the maladministra
tion of wakf funds by the Sunni Qadis.
1 The administration of Shia wakfs continued satisfactorily in the hands of the elected Shia wakf
committee consisting of members representing groups of Shia villages throughout Bahrain. Towar s
the end of the year the committee, which had sat for over four years, was dissolved and elections were
held throughout the country to appoint new members for the committee. The elections were no
completed before the end of the year. The revenue for the year amounted to Rs. 25,200.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1361 AH (1942-1943) 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 1362 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 240r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated 19 May 1943 (folios 243v-244r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Death of His Highness Shaikh Hamad [Ḥama bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and Accession of His Highness Shaikh Salman [Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah] (folios 241r-243r);
- Budget 1361(folio 244v);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1361 (folio 245r);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1361 (folio 245v);
- Note on Revenue 1357 (folio 246r);
- Note on Expenditure 1357 (folio 246r-246v);
- Public Works Department (folios 246v-247r): Government Hospital, Manama Sea Road, Manama-Muharraq Road, and Manama Palace;
- The Diving Industry (folio 247r-247v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 247v-248v): Strength, Promotions, Routine, Jail, Crime, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1361 and List of Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court 1361;
- Air Raid Precautions (folio 248v);
- Public Health (folios 250r-254v): Men's Hospital, by Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer (Summary of Male Statistics of the Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensaries 1361 (1942), Special Notes (The death of His Highness Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Esa Al Khalifah, K C I E, C S I, The Administration Block, The Services, Anti-Malarial Work, The Schools, The Police, Laboratory and X-Ray Work), Predominating Men's Outpatient Diseases, Bahrain Government Hospital Inpatients, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Inoculations, Vaccinations, Isolation Hospital In-Patients, Men's Dispensaries, Comments), Women's Hospital, by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (Out-Patients, Diseases Treated, In-Patients, and Result of Obstetric Cases), and Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folios 254v-255r);
- Judicial (folios 255r-255v): The Bahrain Courts, Bahrain Small Court, Shara [Sharia] Courts, Majlis Tijara [Majlis Tijārah], and Appeal Court;
- Municipalities (folio 255v-256r): Manamah Municipality and Muharraq Municipality;
- Wakf [Waqf] Departments (folio 256r);
- Education (folios 256-259): Boys' Schools, by Mr F J Wakelin, Director of Education (The Hostel, The Secondary School, Manamah Primary School, Muharraq Primary School, Hedd Primary School, Village Schools, Staff, Books, Syllabus, Examinations, Games, General, Policy, and Finance), Girls' Schools, and Technical School, by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal (Students, Staff, Equipment, and Contract work and standard craftsmanship);
- Minors Department (folios 259v-260r);
- Agriculture (folio 260r-260v);
- Passport Department (folios 260v-261r);
- Food Control (folios 261r-263r), including Comparison in Princes between Pre-War and Present Rates;
- General (folio 263v): Hs Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester's Visit, The Motor Rocket, Poor Relief Measures, Gift of Dates from His Majesty King Ibn Saoud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and Bahrain Levies;
- State Engineer's Department, report by Mr W B Steele, State Engineer (folios 264r-270v): Statement of Energy generated, sold, etc., Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Load and Revenue Curve 1360, and Load and Revenue Curve 1361;
- Oil Gauging (folios 268r-269r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1941 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1942;
- Customs Department (folios 271r-273r);
- Budget 1362 (folio 273v);
- Note on Budget 1362 (folio 274r).
Illustrations appear on four folios and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 241: 'His Late Highness Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifah, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.';
- Folio 242: 'His Highness Shaikh Sulman bin Hamad Alkhalifah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Bahrain';
- Folio 249: 'Bahrain Government Hospital';
- Folio 262: 'H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester with H.H. Shaikh Sir Sulman'.
On folio 274v there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (37 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 240r) which references pages of the report.
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Foliation: Folio 238-275.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)'
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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