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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)' [‎291v] (32/72)

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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Included . the wo. done dnnn g the year ^ £%£££ Q—^Und"
of a pier for the Royal A.r Forcc^Fmng a mo o ^ arranging a piped water supply to the
building a stone parapet on the inner s.de o ^ ^ ^ ^ r00ins in the school at Hedd, on
Zhof ttt"^ twlu r^airing and widening streets, public lighting, clean.ng and
supervision of food markets and town cleaning.
au r firvn rarrls to the people of Muharraq, Hcdd and the
The municipality continued to issue e a j luded th e verification of every card
other villages on the island an underta ing ^ Muharra q were unaWe to buy their supplies
holder. Owing to their poverty some 700 ouse o s municipal authorities for issuing
except in small quantities daily, an arrangement was made by the mumcip.
daily ration cards.
The routine work at Hedd was continued th r ou gh out t h e >-^ ^ -
who could not afford to fill it in was acquired by the municipality and is being
In spite of various measures to reduce expenditure and to increase the revenue the municipal
budget for 1363 anticipates a deficit of Rs. 12,500.
Budget estimates :—
Expenditure . • R s - 60,580
Revenue • • R s - 4^000
Deficit •• Rs - 12,580
Actual revenue and expenditure for 1362 were .
Revenue .. Rs- S 1 ' 1 ^
Expenditure .. Rs. 5 2 '582
The average annual revenue of the Muharraq municipality during the sixteen years that it has
existed is Rs. 46,170 and the expenditure averages Rs. 42,790.
WAKF DEPARTMENTS.
The revenue of the Sunni Wakf Department was Rs. 4.000 and that of the Shia Wakf
Department was Rs. 37,600.
There was some dissatisfaction among the Sunni Ulema against the Qadis who control the
wakfs owing to the Qadis refusal to pay in advance the proceeds collected from wakf gardens w ic
arc dedicated to the upkeep of mosques and the pay of mosque officials. A petition was prcsen c
to the Government by a number of Imams and Muezzins on this subject. It was decided by e
Government that the Qadis acted rightly in refusing to advance the salaries out of wakf funds not
intended for this purpose.
The newly elected Shia Wakf Committee met regularly during the year. Owing to the high
price of dates a certain proportion of back debts was recovered from the tenants of wakf property.
New leases for date gardens were on a higher scale than in the previous ears.
EDUCATION.
Government Boys' School.
{By Mr. F. J. Wakelin, Director of Education.)
School Statistics;
School. Number of Pupils. Number of Staff.
1st Term. 2nd Term. 1st Term. 2nd lerm.
Secondary ........ 55 5° 5 5
Manama Primary .. .. .. 43° 2 5 0 I 3 11
Muharraq Primary .. .. .. 34° 35° 12 15

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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).

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1 volume (35 folios)
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This file contains an index (folio 278r) which references pages of the report.

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Foliation: Folios 276-311.

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