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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [327v] (32/76)
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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MANAMA MUNICIPALITY BUDGET, 1364.
Revenue.
Government Subsidy
Shop Tax
House Tax
Vehicle Tax
Meat Market Tax
Fruit Market Tax
Ghee Tax
Wood Tax
Sheep Tax
Municipal Rents
Municipal Garden
Barbers' Licenses
Bakers' Licenses
Building Licenses
Masons' Licenses
Pedlars' Licenses
Phonograph Licenses
Fish Sellers' Licenses
Butchers' Licenses
Water Carriers' Licenses
IOO
400
100
100
200
500
50
100
100
Lunatic Asylum
bution)
Sale of Ice
Water Rates
Record Tax
Miscellaneous
Surplus of Expenditure
(Muharraq contri-
Rs.
36,000
33,000
25,000
8,000
7,000
1,000
4,000
4,000
2,000
1,500
1,500
1,650
1.750
2,500
1,000
100
4,000
Expenditure.
Municipal Staff ..
Road Cleaning ..
Public Lighting
Transport
Repairing Roads
Municipal Gardens
Miscellaneous
Office Expenses
Office Lighting, etc.
Pauper Burials ..
Mission Hospital Grant
Repairing Municipal Property
Lunatic Asylum
Repairing Rubbish Bins
Provident Fund
To Muharraq Municipality,
Pedlars' Licenses
To Muharraq Municipality,
Ghee Tax
To Muharraq Municipality,
Wood Tax
To Muharraq Municipality,
Sheep Tax
Upkeep of Sewers and Drains
Feeding Destitutes
Fruit Market
Road Widening
Rs.
#
33,000
.
36,000
8,500
.
22,000
39,000
.
2,500
.
3,000
.
5,000
800
3,000
.
300
2,000
.
3,5oo
.
500
.
1,700
share
of
,
..
100
share
of
,
2,000
share
of
. ,
2,000
share
of
.
1,000
, ,
1,000
.
3,600
500
.
10,000
1,34,000
47,000
Rs. 1,81,000
Rs. 1,81,000
MUHARRAQ MUNICIPALITY.
{From the report the Municipal Secretary, Mr. Ahmed al Omran).
Finance. The revenue for 1363 was Rs. 58,600, this was 15 per cent, higher than the previous
year's revenue and higher than any other year during the sixteen years that the Muharraq Municipality
has existed. Taxes were collected without difficulty owing to the prosperous condition of the towns
folk, many of the Muharraq merchants acquired sudden wealth from business transactions and both
shopkeepers and labourers earned good money during the year. The number of empty houses
decreased and though no new houses were built owing to lack of building materials there was active
buying and selling of properties. In spite of some opposition the Municipality was able to introduce
a charge for water piped from public wells into private house.
The expenditure during the year was Rs. 63,800, about Rs. 5,000 more than the revenue. In
the 1363 Budget a deficit of Rs. 12,500 had been expected. Owing to the shortage of labour, the
excessively high cost of carrying out any work and because no provision had been made in the Budget
for new projects the Municipality confined its activities to essential and routine duties. The high
expenditure was due to the increased rate of labourers' wages and the high cost of materials. Even
the normal functions of the Municipality such as town cleaning and road repairs cost considerably
more than had been allowed for in the Budget. Municipal sweepers who at the beginning of the year
were satisfied with from 12 to 14 annas a day were receiving from Rs. 1-11 to Rs. 2 a day at the end
of the year. The price of gutch, stone and sand rose steeply, a bag of gutch which at the beginning
of the year cost 10 to 12 annas could not be obtained at the end of the year for less than Rs. 2-13.
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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.
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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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