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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)' [259v] (44/76)
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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36
Rs t ooo Jo/ r t h prlvate customers - Its totaI vaIue "-as approximately
Rs. 3,000, 40 /„ of wh.ch represents cost of materials, 35% cost of labour, overhead charges and
t T '} e SyStem haS been introduc '=d ^d is working satisfactorily. It reveals that
school- ramed workmen tend at first to be slow at their work and therefore costly in wages ThU is
ttlnto! — ° f . ,nStrUC ' 0rS 0n S° od sta " dar ^ 0' accuracy and finish and their neglect of speed
training. This defect is now being remedied and in the case of the older workers it is proposed to
introduce a system of payment by results for all straightforward production work.
exercised inThe ^ pzrt in contract work as soon as they have completed a course of preliminary
xe m the use of tools and methods of construction. The greater part of the production work
e^cr is done by the workman-instructors and probationers. The employment of the latter has
effectively raised the standard of craftsmanship in the shop and made possible the manufacture of a
larger quantity and variety of trade work. The general standard would be described as that
uropean commercial quality of joinery and cabinet making. It is greatly superior to most of the
work done m the local market. Some of the newer students show a capacity for higherTkm b i
Bahrain * ^ ^ training " are n0 cfaftsmanship in
With such progress in the woodwork section there comes some anxiety as to the future of the
tt r C ^ 1 TVT training ' The prices 0f Technical are much hSer than
those of the local market, first because the market work is nearly all of faulty cheap construction
and secondly because the standard of life accepted by the market craftsmen is desperately low These'
men accept contracts at prices which provide only the meanest remuneration for theTlabour
y live m conditions of poverty which are in no way conducive to self respect or pride of citizenship'
Thaf thdr ™ agmc a . COndltl0n m Which manual ski11 ^ appreciated and handsomely rewarded'
That their crude work is accepted by their better-to-do neighbours is not surprising in a backward
community with the poorest standards of beauty, comfort and convenience; but it is a matter for
reproach that others not excluding public authorities, should fail to appreciate the difference even in
material value and durability between good work and bad.
moHifi.HK 5, then, / S 41,6 eC0n0miC milieU int0 Which the ^ool-'rained worker has to fit. Unless it is
vrith ho r Sre , "Tr m the demand ' 0r better ClaSS WOrk at rea50 " able P^cs he will be faced
with the alternatives of descending to the level of the other market workers, or abandoning his craft
altogctlier, seeking his living as a clerk in an office. At present the school it^lf is m f ^ ■
demand for good work, but it is not primarily a business establishment. It will not bTfulfilhl"''!
proper function as a training centre until it can nlaro its , lulfilling its
and through them serve the'public with newTesomr and st.1 ^ rK)Siti0nS
MINORS DEPARTMENT.
This department is the nearest approach in Bahrain to the Public ,, ■.
useful purpose. It consists of a committee of prominent citizens Sunniand^h' n<l " serves a ver y
of a shaikh of the ruling family with a permanent superintend a^^
Law Courts building. No fees are charged for the administration of estate! and the 1 H .
committee give their services voluntarily. ' members of the
His Highness Shaikh Sulman was the first president but Kic ^ • i
brother Shaikh Daij bin Hamad Alkhalifah in his place with Sh^h Alfbr^r h h hiS
fah as vice president. Towards the end of the year a new commit . ! " Dal, Alkhali -
having served for four years, since the institution of this department Th/rT' ' retmng nieniberS
the thanks which they received from the Government for their v I ' nng commlttee deserve < 1
given for the benefit of the public. Their taskZ tL tlT ^ ^
committee was regarded with some suspicion and was opimscdbTthe^r " 0 ! '' It0gethcr envl a b| e. the
years the department has gained the confidence of the public and is now a firmWet br the f0Ur
capable of expansion. The people who oppose it are actuated by motives o^se^Mnterest 5 l^ 10 "
mostly persons who are grazing upon the rich pastures of widows' and orphans' ^tat s ^
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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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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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