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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)' [‎309r] (67/72)

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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55
BUDGET—1363.
REVENUE.
The revenue for the budget year is estimated at 40 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , the actual revenue
during the previous year was 47 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees . The expenditure for the budget year is estimated at
Rs. 35,30,000, the actual expenditure in the previous year being Rs. 33,29,000. I have anticipated
a surplus of revenue over expenditure amounting Rs. 4,70,000, for investment in the Reserve Fund.
The total anticipated revenue for the budget year represents a decrease of Rs. 7,00,000 on the actuals
for the previous year,
2. Out of the whole estimated revenue of the State, 40 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , the sum of 26 J lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees is to be obtained
from oil royalty and 8| lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees from customs sources. The third largest source of revenue is now the
income from the Reserve Fund which amounts to 2| lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees .
3. Oil royalty has been estimated at slightly less than the actual of 13.62. Customs receipts
in 1362 were astonishingly high, they amounted to just under 14 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees which is more than double the
sum which I anticipated in the Budget for 1362. No customs records are available before 1344 but
during the last eighteen years the peak year, 1346, produced only ui lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees from customs sources.
When I prepared the Budget for 1363 I entertained grave apprehension as to the effect of the war
upon customs revenue, it seemed likely that owing to shipping difficulties and various restrictions in
trade there would be a diminution in the quantity of imported goods resulting in less duty. The
increase in the customs revenue during 1362, which was over 5 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees more than the previous year's
actuals, was due mainly to the rise in the prices of the imported goods and partly to the revenue from
food supplies in transit through Bahrain to other Gulf States. In spite of a successful year I have
anticipated only 8^ lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees from customs in the budget year.
4. Interest from the Reserve Fund represents 3% on the capital which now amounts to
Rs. 91,41,000 face value. Medical Receipts consist mainly of the fees received from the Army,
Navy and Royal Air Force for service patients who are admitted to the special wards in the State
Hospital. Land Revenue is obtained from registration fees on sales of property and rents from
land which is leased out by the Government. There is no land tax in Bahrain of any kind. Education
receipts include an annual grant which is made by the British Council, school fees and the proceeds
from the sale of work carried out by the Technical School. The last item was not shown separately
last year but was credited to Technical School Expenditure. The revenue from motor taxes and
driving licenses has been estimated at less than last year owing to the probable decrease in the number
of vehicles on the road. Passport receipts have decreased during the war owing to fewer people
travelling abroad on book passports. Judicial receipts were unusually high in 1362 owing to the
fines which were imposed in cases of smuggling and offences against food control regulations. In
estimating considerably less revenue under this heading than in 1362 I have assumed that there will
be a decrease in smuggling activities. I have shown receipts from the Government garage as a separate
item, these receipts are, in fact, book transactions between the various Government departments and
the garage. Oil gauging fees paid by the Bahrain Petroleum Company for gauging, which is done
by the State Engineer and the Government gangers, of products exported by the Company in ships
which are not owned by the Company. Some reduction in bridge tolls is expected owing to the decreas
ing number of vehicles.
5. The summary of the Electric Supply Department's budget has been included with the
State Budget. This shows an estimated revenue of Rs. 2,18,000. The revenue includes the interest
from the Depreciation Reserve which is invested in the Government of India Securities paying 3%.
A surplus of revenue over expenditure amounting to Rs. 2^,000 is expected which will be added to the
Operating Reserve which is a provision against future replacement of plant and machinery.
6. In the budget for 1362 a Suspense account of Rs. 7,73.000 was shown which represented
the value of the food supplies held by the Government at the end of the year. I have not included
this in the budget for 1363 but have shown it in the Summary of Revenue and Expenditure.

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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)
Arrangement

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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English in Latin script
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