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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)' [296r] (41/72)
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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on account of various estates, more property would have been purchased but the great increase in land
values in Manama restricted purchases. A piece of land opposite the Secondary School, under the
administration of the department, was used as a site for a large school building which was let to the
Government on a long lease. The department also carried out various improvements in the amara of
the late Khan Bahadur Abdurrehman Zayani. In this case the estate, which was being administered
by a guardian, was handed over to the Minors' Department by orders of His Highness owing to the
unsatisfactory conduct of the administrator.
Receipts.
Rs.
a.
P-
Expenditure.
Rs.
a.
P-
Proceeds of eighteen estates
2,29,757
11
5
Maintenance allowances, etc. ..
23.375
13
0
Rents of leases collected ..
32.51^
4
9
Properties bought for minors..
16,837
0
0
Refund of loans advanced .
60,176
13
3
Repairs and up-keep of pro
Interest on loans ..
6.003
11
6
perties
25.687
14
7
Properties sold
16,042
0
0
Paid in cash
23.097
1
10
Old debts recovered
11.873
14
3
Loans advanced
90.739
13
0
Balance from 1361
56.381
9
7
Balance at Bank
2,33.014
6
4
Rs. ..
4.12,752
0
9
Rs. ..
4.12,752
0
9
AGRICULTURE.
At the end of 1361 experiments were made in various parts of Bahrain to ascertain whether
wheat could be grown. The seed which was used was partly Canadian wheat, which had been imported
as food and partly Indian wheat seed. It was sown on new ground and also on previously cultivated
ground by the Government, by His Highness Shaikh Sulman and members of the public. On the
whole the experiment was a failure. In many areas the seed failed to germinate or did not reach
maturity, possibly owing to the salt in the ground and where it ripened a great proportion of the grain
was taken by birds. Garden owners who planted small areas of wheat found it an expensive and
unproductive crop. Owing to lack of early rain no wheat was planted as a rain crop and all of it was
grown on irrigated land. In the past some wheat and barley has been grown successfully as a rain
crop in certain parts of Bahrain but owing to the uncertain rainfall, which seems to be diminishing
each year, there is no certainty of this being a practicable proposition.
There is a steady increase in land being put under cultivation. During the year the Government
levelled and prepared an area of about 13 acres adjacent to the Palace Garden, on the edge of Manama
town, irrigating it from the Palace Garden well. This ground was planted with wheat, which failed
to mature and later with date palms and some lucerne. In many districts private owners have
extended their gardens and cultivation to the extent of the available water supply and local garden
owners are now growing European vegetables in the winter, which is the only season during which
European vegetables will grow, and indigenous vegetables in the summer, all of which find a ready sale
in the markets. An indication of the increased interest in agriculture is the fact that in the past animal
manure from stables could be had in return for its removal, now it can only be obtained by purchase.
In the Government garden at Budeya grapes were successfully grown but on a small scale. The
vines were imported from Karachi. This has shown that the soil and climate of Bahrain are suitable
for grape cultivation.
Among the many trees and plants which have been imported during recent years from India
and which have now become indigenous a strong bamboo has been found of great use for building
purposes, it produces sticks twice a year and requires little attention and is in many ways more useful
than date palm sticks.
PASSPORT DEPARTMENT.
The revenue from passport fees was Rs. 8,800, about Rs. 1,300 less than was collected during
the previous year. Since the beginning of the war passport fees have steadily decreased but the duties
of the passport department staff are no less than in the past. The extension of airways services has
necessitated more inspection work at the landing places. During the year over 250 people who would
normally have taken out book passports travelled between Bahrain and India and Iraq ; owing to
the book passports not being available about Rs. 1,700 in fees was not collected.
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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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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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