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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)' [282v] (14/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (35 folios). It was created in 1944. 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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Divers in the boat which made the biggest profit during the season received Rs. 398, in the
second most successful boat each diver earned Rs. 346, but the average earning of a diver was only
Rs, 167 and against these amounts must be deducted the loans advanced to the divers before and
during the season which amounted to Rs. 88-4. Accordingly the average diver after working for
4i months made a clear profit of Rs. 79, a small sum to compensate him for the rigorous work of the
diving season and considerably less than he would have earned if by working in a shore job. In spite
of the small reward there are still many thousands of men in Bahrain who are attracted to the diving
industry mainly because there is always the possibility of making big money by finding an important
pearl. The two largest pearls which were found during the season weighed 150 and 104 chows
respectively and in these two boats a diver received Rs. 240 and a puller received Rs. 160.
In the year under review 277 diving boats were licensed, about 8,000 divers were employed in
the diving fleet and the sum received by divers and nakhudas on account of the pearls which were
sold to the shore merchants was approximately Rs. 16,32,000, which is an increase of six
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
over
last season's prices,
POLICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY.
Strength. At the end of the year the strength of the State Police was 3 officers and 334
N.C.Os and other ranks, the strength of the Special Police was 1 officer and 150 N.C.Os and other
ranks, the Natur Forces was 182 men. The total number of armed men was 666. Civilian employees
attached to the State Police, including boat crews, gardeners, cooks, etc., amounted to 35. There
were 11 deaths in the whole force during the year.
Duties. The Special Police were employed entirely at the Oil Field.
In addition to their normal duties the State Police maintained twelve outposts and permanent
guards including Police Station personnel at Manama, Muharraq and Hedd, prison guards at Jida
and mounted patrols centred at Budeya and at Jaw.
The Naturs also maintained twelve posts including the garrison of Hawar Island, posts at Sitra.
Suk al Khamis and on islands beyond Muharraq and guards on oil installations near Manama and on
Muharraq island.
In spite of additional night patrols in Manama, which were necessary owing to the serious
increase in thieving, the usual daily parades were carried out throughout the year and all men took
part in the annual musketry course which was fired on the Safra range. At the end of the year the
musketry course was revised and brought into line with the course now used in the British Army, which
is shorter than it used to be. Another innovation during the year was the adoption of foot drill in
three ranks which has replaced the old style of four ranks. The Machine Gun section fired the
usual course. The section which carried off the shooting trophy obtained an average of 71-2 per
cent, the average of the whole force was 62*5 per cent.
As many men as possible were granted leave during the year but the number of men absent
at one time never exceeded 19. Men who had more than two months' leave due to them were
allowed to draw leave pay in lieu of any leave over and above two months. As the Police do not
draw rations while on leave men who had accumulated leave availed themselves of this concession.
A number of policemen obtained their discharge during the year and their places were filled
with men transferred from one of the Levy Companies which was being disbanded. Owing to highly
paui employment being available in Bahrain for able bodied men very few suitable recruits presented
themselves for enlistment and no new recruits were taken on during the year.
Uniform and Equipment. A supply of new uniforms and equipment including shorts,
shirts, overcoats, blankets, etc., was supplied, on payment, by the military authorities in Iraq.
Previous attempts to obtain materials in India had met with small success.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1362 AH (1943) and gives the 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 1363 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 278r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (folio 279).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1362 (folios 280r-281v): Revenue, Expenditure, Summary of Revenue and Expenditure for year 1362, and Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for year 1362;
- The Diving Industry (folios 282r-282v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 282v-284v): Strength, Duties, Uniform and Equipment, Rations, Police Pay, Jail, Crime, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1362, 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 1362;
- Public Health, report by Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer (folios 285r-290r): Bahrain Government Hospital (Male Statistics 1943, Short Notes on Statistics, Chief Out-Patients Diseases, Predominating Out-Patients' Diseases (Men), Male In-Patients, Male In-Patients, Bahrain Government Isolation Hospital, Total Male In-Patients, Results of Treatment, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Laboratory and X-Ray Statistics, Bahrain Government Dispensaries, and Comparative Incidence of Predominating Diseases Hospital and Outlaying Dispensaries), Women's Hospital and Dispensaries report by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (In-Patients Diseases Treated, Out-Patients Treated, Details of Obstetric Cases, Operations, Women's Dispensaries, Summary of Diseases Treated, Medical Work in the Girls Schools), and Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folio 290r-290v);
- Judicial (folio 290v): Bahrain Courts;
- Municipalities (folios 290v-291v): Manamah Municipality and Muharraq Municipality;
- Wakf [Waqf] Department (folio 291v);
- Education (folios 291v-295v): Boys' Schools report by F J Wakelin, Director of Education (School Statistics, Staff, The Secondary School, The Hostel, Village Schools, English Teaching, Medical, Equipment, British Council Assistance, Public Library, Clubs, School Plays, Games, Recruitment by the Oil Company, and Finance), Girls' School, and The Technical School report by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal (Students, Staff, and Scheme of Training);
- Minors Department (folios 295v-296r);
- Agriculture (folio 296r);
- Passport Department (folio 296r-296v);
- Food Control (folios 296v-297v);
- State Engineer's Department, report by Mr W B Steele, State Engineer (folios 298r-302r): Statement of Energy generated, sold, etc., Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Load and Revenue Curve 1361, and Load and Revenue Curve 1362;
- Oil Gauging (folios 303r-304r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1942 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1943;
- Customs Department, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 305r-308r);
- General (folio 308r): Investiture, Presentation of Guns, Distinguished Visitors (including Lord Wavell, the Viceroy Designate, Lord Linlithgow, Governor-General and Viceroy of India, Amirs Khalid and Mahomed [Muḥammad], sons of His Majesty King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]), Customs Directorate, Poor Relief Measures, Race Meeting, Sunni Kadhis [qādis], Obituary of Shaikh Mohamed bin Ali Al Khalifah [Muḥammad bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah];
- Note on Budget 1363 (folios 309r-310r);
- Budget 1363 (f. 308r).
Illustrations appear on one folio and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 283: 'Jail and Police quarters, Juda Island'.
On folio 310r there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 305r).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (35 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 278r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 276-311.
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- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)'
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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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