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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [314v] (6/76)
The record is made up of 1 volume (37 folios). It was created in 1945. 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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4
GENERAL REVIEW.
The revenue for the year 1363 was over 55
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
and was the highest so far
achieved in the history of the State, the expenditure was proportionally high
and amounted to over 33
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. Approximately 14
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
was added to the
Reserve Fund which at the end of the year exceeded one
crore
Equivalent to ten million, or one hundred lakhs. Used especially in connection with money (rupees).
. The increase in
revenue was mainly realised from customs receipts and almost all the expenditure
was upon salaries paid to people of the country serving the Government in various
departments, in social services and in the armed forces of the State. The fortunate
financial position of the State was to a great extent due to war conditions. High
prices of imports resulted in big customs receipts and the oil royalty remained the
same as in 1362, though lower than it was in 1359 and 1360. The duration of
the present output of Bahrain oil is an uncertain factor, customs revenue will
undoubtedly drop when conditions return to normal and the future of the pearl
industry is problematical. During the years while revenue is high and expansion
and major works are curtailed by the war the State has the opportunity of adding
as much as possible to the Reserve Fund with the object of ensuring an income
from investments which it may well stand in need of in the future.
Development and expansion were restricted for another year owing to the
continued difficulties in obtaining all kinds of imported goods and because of the
shortage of labour. No new projects were undertaken and the Government
reduced its requirements of man power to the minimum in order not to compete
in the labour market with employers who were engaged upon urgent and essential
war work. The demand for both skilled and unskilled labour was so great that
women and children were employed, for the first time, on building projects and
foreign labour was imported from neighbouring countries. For these reasons the
report of the Government's work during 1363 is" a static record restricted to
departmental activities.
A noticeable feature during the year was the marked improvement in the
condition of the people of Bahrain, this was partly due to well paid work being
available for everyone capable of working and partly owing to the smooth running
of the rationing system. The general improvement was reflected in Public Health,
the condition of school children and in the significant falling off in the numbers
of poor people who applied for the free distribution of food which was arranged
by the Government. Even the Shia Poor Relief Committee, responsible for
relief measures in the villages, which used to stress the adverse conditions of the
villagers in contrast to the Sunni townsfolk, grudgingly admitted that most
of the villagers were now prosperous. Throughout the year thousands of labourers
were supplied with rations at cheap rates by their employers, in addition to their
regular rations which they were entitled to buy at the Government ration shops.
The labourers' rations included rice, which was not available in the bazaar, and
much of this commodity found its way to the Black Market where it was bought
from the labourers by wealthy Arabs. When, after Japan came into the war,
imports of rice ceased, the wealthy Arabs had stocks of rice and the working people
had none.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1363 AH (1944) 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 1364 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, graphs and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An Index appears on on folio 314r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (folios 314v-315r).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1363 (folio 316r);
- Revenue and Expenditure (folios 315v, 317r-317v);
- The Diving Industry (folio 318r-318v);
- Police and Public Security (folios 319r-320v): State Police, Special Police, Naturs, Police Pay, Duties and Administration, Jail, Promotions, Law and Order, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Courts 1363, and List of Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts 1363;
- Public Health (folios 321r-326r): 'Bahrain Government Public Health Report, 1363-1944' by Dr R H B Snow, Senior Medical Officer (Bahrain Government Hospital, Short Notes on the Statistics, Predominating Male-Out Patient Diseases, Predominating Police Out-Patient Diseases, Male In-Patients, Isolation Hospital, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Laboratory, X-Rays, Bahrain Government Dispensaries, and The Future of Dispensaries and Public Health), Female Statistics, report by Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer (Out-Patients, Female In-Patients, and Notes);
- Land Registration Department, from the report of Khan Sahib Mohammed Khalil Memon, Superintendent, Land Registration Department (folio 326);
- Judicial (folio 326v): Bahrain Courts;
- Municipalities (folios 327r-328v): Manama Municipality, from the report of the Municipal Secretary, Mr Mohamed Saleh Shater, (Manama Municipality Budget 1364), Muharraq Municipality, from the report of the Municipal Secretary, Mr Ahmed Al Omran (Finance, Municipal Activities, and Muharraq Municipality Budget 1364);
- Education (folios 329-332): Report on Boys' Education in Bahrain by Mr F J Wakelin, Director of Education (School Statistics, Staff, The Secondary School, The Hostel, The Primary Schools, The Village Schools, Medical, Equipment, Extra-Mural Activities, and Grants and Donations), Government Girls' Schools, report by Mrs [Marjorie] Belgrave, Directress of Female Education, The Technical School, report by Mr G E Hitchings (Students, Staff, Finance, and General);
- Minors Department, from report by the Superintendent of the Minors' Department, Mr Mohamed Dowaicer (folios 332v-333r).
- Agriculture (folios 333r-333v);
- Passport Department, from the report of Mr Ibrahim Khalfan, Passport Officer (folios 333v-334r);
- Food Control, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Food Controller, Bahrain (folios 334r-335v, 338r);
- State Engineer's Department, report by Group Captain H P G Leigh, State Engineer (folios 336r-337r, 338v-340v);
- Customs, report by Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 342v-344v);
- Oil Gauging, report by Mr G E Hutchings (folios 344v-345v): Oil Royalty Quantities 1944, Bahrain and Arabian Crude Oil 1944, Annual Production of Crude Oil, and Inspection of Petroleum Cargoes 1944;
- Local Industries (folio 346r): Boat Building, Weaving, and Metal Workers;
- General (folio 346v): Presentation of Sword to His Highness, Muharram Celebrations, British Officials, "Al Bahrain" [ al-Baḥrayn newspaper], Superintendent of Public Works Department, Floods, Zubara, Obituary (Haj Sulman Matar);
- Budget, 1364 (folios 347r-348r).
On folio 348r there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 314v).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (37 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 314r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 312-349.
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- Title
- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)'
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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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