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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)' [‎260r] (45/76)

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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Summary of receipts and expenditure :—
Receipts. Expenditure.
Rs.
a.
P-
Rs.
a.
P-
Balance from 1360
• 34.288
8
11
Maintenance allowances
13.149
13
0
Proceeds from estates
• 58,772
13
8
Properties bought
18,633
8
3
Rents and leases
. 15,221
8
9
Repairs and upkeep of Proper
Refund of loans
• 36,476
9
6
ties
10,668
0
2
Interest on loans
3.748
4
6
Payments to beneficiaries
12,430
7
7
Debts recovered
• 17723
12
6
Loans advanced
54.968
3
3
Balance (Eastern Bank)
56,381
9
7
Rs. .
. 1 ,66,231
9
10
Rs. ..
1 ,66,231
9
10
Receipts. Thirteen new estates were dealt with during the year the most important being
that of the late Shaikh Qasim Al-Mehza. one time Qadi of Bahrain who left property valued at
Rs. 1 ,30,000. The department took over the administration of the share of minor heirs and
purchased property for them to the value of about Rs. 42,000. Another estate was that of Salim
bin Yusuf Waswasi in which the share of the minors was administered by the department.
The increase in rents and leases is due to the additional number of properties which are being
administered, these now amount to 300 plots and 40 houses inhabited by orphans and minors.
Money is lent by the department after approval by the president and the committee to reliable
persons secured by mortgages of immovable property or gold ornaments at the rate of 10 per cent, per
annum. During the year loans of over Rs. 36,000 were repaid and interest on loans amounted to
about Rs. 4,000.
One of the duties of the department is to recover debts which are owing to the estates which are
being administered. Approximately Rs. 18,000 was collected, much of this represented diving
debts and in almost every case payments were obtained without resort to the courts.
Expenditure. Maintenance allowances are paid to 153 beneficiaries from the income of their
property. During the year 19 new properties were purchased including shops, houses and gardens.
Cash payments represent sums paid to minors on their attaining their majority. Approximately
Rs. 55,000 was paid out in loans at interest and Rs. 34,000 was outstanding in loans from the previous
year.
AGRICULTURE.
Difficulties in obtaining food supplies from abroad especially dates and cereals, directed public
attention towards the possibilities of growing more crops in Bahrain. The Bahrain date crop provides
about a third of the dates which are consumed yearly in the country, the remainder used to be imported
from Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Dates are one of the staple foods of the people and the inferior kinds are
used for feeding cows and donkeys. Apart from a small patch of corn which is cultivated on the
Rafaa plain, and which is of uncertain success because it depends on rain, no cereals are cultivated
locally.
During the year the Government purchased a quantity of Manitoba wheat, for use as food, from
Canada. Some seed wheat from seed farms in India was ordered for planting. The seed wheat was
late in arriving so the Canadian wheat, which had been tested with satisfactory results by the agricul
tural department in Cairo, was used for sowing. About 400 acres were sown mostly with Canadian
seed but a little Indian seed was used on land not already sown when the Indian seed eventually
arrived. His Highness Shaikh Sulman and several members of the ruling family planted large areas
with wheat especially in the island of Om al Naasan and down the south west coast. In all these places
the wheat was watered by irrigation. Numbers of small landowners and villagers bought a few pounds
of seed and grew it in plots in their gardens. The results of this experiment will not be apparent till
the spring.

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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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