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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [‎332r] (41/76)

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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certain of the public services will still require considerable numbers of permanent skilled workers
after the initial construction work is finished and most of the coolie A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. labour dispersed. When this is
realised by the public technical training is likely to recover favour.
It should be remembered, however, that the prospect of secure employment with good wages
is an inducement which appeals much more to Europeans than to the peoples in the east unaccustomed
to an industrial economy. The latter preserve a more independent outlook and an indifference to
the risk of poverty which the European finds it hard to understand. A fair proportion of the 1 echmcal
School pupils value their training as a possible means of establishment in independent business rather
than a qualification for wage earning, an idea which deserves every encouragement. It is unfortunate
that boys who have left the school during the past few years have been unable to procure for them
selves even the most necessary tools for the exercise of their crafts. This factor has favoured
employment in places where the equipment is all provided, or more often, the adoption of occupations
not connected at all with the boys handicraft training.
Two of the Scholarships given by the Bahrain Petroleum Company for education in Bahrain
were allocated to the Technical School. They were awarded on the basis of selection by interview
to two promising boys already attending the school. The value of the scholarships is Rs. 1,000 per
annum each, to be expended as necessary on tuition, residence, clothing and pocket-money, with
provision for a savings account to be applied to the establishment of the holders in appropriate careers.
The award of the scholarships is not conditional in any way on the holders joining the service of the
Company.
The Government has undertaken the cost of training three ex-1 echmcal School students in
the Egyptian Technical Secondary School, Cairo, with a view to their qualifying as technical teachers.
For this course three students were selected who had completed three years' work in the Bahrain
Technical School including a period of special tuition during 1362-63. Their work in Cairo began in
October 1944 under the joint direction of the Egyptian Ministry of Education and the British Council.
The three students have elected to qualify in Mechanical, Electrical and Automobile Engineering
respectively, their courses covering practical work as well as theoretical studies. Satisfactory reports
on their initial progress have been received.
Staff.
At midsummer the Principal of the School took over for a time the duties of the State Engineer
and has since remained in charge of Government petroleum inspection. In order to provide for these
additional services a great part of the internal work of the Technical School was turned over to one
of the Syrian staff, Said Tabarra, in the new capacity of Head Teacher. This arrangement has so
far proved very satisfactory.
The mechanical workshop instructor retired at the end of his contract at the end of the school
year 1362-63 and has been replaced by another Syrian teacher. Also the wood-work instructor
Hassan 'Assaf, retired after 8 years' service in Bahrain and his former colleague returned on a short
contract in his place.
The local teacher of English has been replaced by one of the recently appointed Egyptian
teachers who devotes about two-thirds of his full-time service to the Technical School. In addition
to the four foreign teachers in the school three workmen-instructors are employed in the shops, mainly
on productive work but assisting occasionally in the teaching.
Finance.
Considered solely in relation to immediate results expenditure on the I echmcal School would
appear extravagant. Working expenses for the year 1363 {i .e., the balance of non-capital expenditure
over revenue) amounted to some Rs. 33.000 in return for the training of only 44 pupils. It should be
noted, however, that the cost of the school during the past three years has been applied m effect to
preparation for a much larger establishment than present restrictions would allow. In the matter
of accommodation, staff, and to a certain extent equipment, the school is now ready to receive about

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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).

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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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