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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [318v] (14/76)
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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If, after the war, steps have to be taken to relieve unemployment it may be necessary for
the Bahrain Government to interest itself actively and financially in the diving industry in order
to stimulate that enterprise. Apart from work in the oil field and agriculture, which now employs
comparatively few people and which even if it were developed would not provide employment for
any considerable proportion of the population, diving is the only native industry in Bahrain. If
diving could be restored to something like its old position it would provide employment for a
substantial part of the population.
The 1363 season was moderately good. Out of 103 boats whose accounts were dealt with by
the Government clerks the divers of 76 boats made more than their advances. Most of the men in
the 27 boats which were not successful were divers who were released by their old Nakhudas to dive
with new Nakhudas and according to diving law they paid one quarter of their earnings to
their original Nakhudas. This situation was due to the shortage of divers which compelled many
Nakhudas to abstain from taking their boats to sea.
The pearl harvest was larger than last year in spite of there being fewer boats. Only one
important pearl was found which was bought by Shaikh Mustapha bin Abdul Latif of Bombay. In
the boat which made the biggest profits every diver earned Rs. 475 on the season and a puller earned
Rs. 316. Pearl buyers on the whole did better than Nakhudas and divers. At the beginning of the
season prices were high then they dropped and remained stationary till at the end of the season
there was some activity on the market and prices rose. Low-grade pearls obtained good prices,
Na'am sold for higher than last year but high grade pearls were difficult to dispose of. Pearl prices
in Bahrain were as follows :—
Sherin from .. Rs. 120 to Rs. 150 per chow.
50
20
Puller,
30
30
10
20
20
no
The estimated value of the season's catch was Rs. 18,18,000, this being the amount paid to the
Nakhudas and the divers by the purchasers of pearls, in the previous year the catch was estimated
at Rs. 16,32,000.
The average share of a diver was Rs. 165 and a puller earned Rs. no. As the advances
amounted to Rs. 152 for a diver and Rs. 119 for a puller, the divers were better off on the season
than the pullers who increased their debts by about nine
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
Both this year and last year the month of Ramadhan fell during the diving season. It was
decided last year that there should be no diving during Ramadhan although some persons argued that
provided that the diving took place a certain distance away from Bahrain it would not be wrong to
dive, however the opinions of the Kadis were contrary to lay opinion and the fleet remained in harbour
throughout the month. The remaining period of the diving season, which is altogether four months
and 10 days, was postponed until after Ramadhan and this procedure will continue for the next
ten years until Ramadhan ceases to coincide with the diving season.
Golwa „ .. „ 40 „ „
Na'am .. ,, 70
Badla ,, .• «« ^5»» »»
The advances during the year were :—
Diver.
Tisqaam ,. .. Rs. 40
First salaf .. .. „ 40
First kharjieh .. ,, 10
Second kharjieh .. ,, 20
Second salaf .. ,, 30
140
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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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- '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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