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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)' [‎333r] (43/76)

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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The collection of rents amounted toRs .44,600 about Rs. 12 ,000, more than in 1362, the increase
was due to the higher rents obtained from gardens. It is proposed to increase all house rents by
10 per cent, from the beginning of 1364.
Interest on loans amounted to Rs.8 ,500. Money is lent to the public against mortgages on
property or on gold at a regular scale of interest. Though technically this is contrary to Islamic
law yet it has the approval of the members of the committee who are leading Moslem merchants
and notables. The practice of taking interest has always existed in Bahrain but to be within the
strict letter of the law interest is not added to the loan but the equivalent of the interest is deducted
in kind or in cash when the loan is paid to the borrower.
Over Rs .17,000 was recovered from debtors who owed money to estates under the adminis
tration of the department, in almost every case the recovery of these debts was effected without
resort to the courts.
The department paid Rs .37,700 in allowances to minors and disbursed Rs .68,800 to persons
attaining their majority. Some repairs and alterations were made to the property of the late Haj
Abdul Rehman Zayani and the house of the heirs of Abdu Ali bin Rajab was altered and made suitable
for a school and let to the Government on satisfactory terms.
Loans amounting to Rs. 1 ,27,500 were made during the year, this sum together with the sum
outstanding, totalled Rs .2,10,900.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURE.
Rs.
a.
P-
Rs.
a.
P-
Proceeds of fourteen estates..
57.I8I
3
0
Maintenance allowances, etc.
37728
0
0
Rents of leases collected
44,668
0
9
Properties bought for minors
4,438
0
0
Refund of loans advanced ..
86,313
9
0
Repairs and upkeep of
Interest on loans
8,577
2
3
properties ..
12,581
5
6
Proceeds of properties sold ..
21,291
5
6
Payment in cash to persons
Old debts recovered
17,282
8
8
attaining their majority ,.
68,331
6
5
Balance from 1362 .,
2,33,014
6
4
Loans advanced
1,27,512
0
9
Balance at Bank
2,17.737
6
10
Rs. ..
4,68,328
3
6
Rs. ..
4,68,328
3
6
AGRICULTURE.
Owing to the high price of Bahrain dates during the last two years many date gardens have
changed hands at profitable prices to the sellers and the owners of gardens have been stimulated
to take more interest in their property. It is estimated that during the 1363 planting season about
50,000 young date trees were put into Bahrain gardens, many of them on land where date palms
had not previously been grown. Towns folk who used not to be interested in gardens have invested
money in date gardens and this has contributed to the present abnormal land prices in Bahrain.
More vegetables were grown during the year in response to the increased demand mostly
from foreigners for both European and indigenous varieties. In the Berbar and Bilad al Qadim
districts many garden owners planted vegetable instead of lucerne. Cabbages which used to be
sold at Rs .4 per 100 were bought in the market at Rs .40 to Rs .50 per 100, tomatoes which before
the war sold at about Rs .4 per maund were bought at Rs .48 per maund and turnips previously
sold at Rs.1 -8 per maund fetched as much as Rs .14 per maund. The price of lucerne rose consider
ably, this was due to the increased demand for milk and for fodder for livestock, lucerne is still the
most profitable all round crop though the price of Bahrain lucerne seed, which is superior to imported
seeds, is very high. In one garden at Muharraq Rs .20,000 was realised from the sale of melons
grown from imported seed.
Apart from dates very little fruit is produced in Bahrain, experiments have been made in
growing a number of species but mostly without success. The salty soil and the presence of brackish
water a few feet below the surface causes most fruit trees to die soon after they are planted but

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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)
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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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