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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [‎149r] (297/720)

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The record is made up of 1 file (358 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1941-15 Feb 1944. 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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and the heir apparent who through the Shaikh's Arab
representative selects all candidates for engagement.
During 1941 about Rs.3 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees was spent and actually put
into circulation in Qatar by the Company apart from the
annual payment of Rs.3 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to the Shaikh. These figures,
of course, do not include the cost of equipment and stores
sent from London, America and India totalling some 11 1
Rs.lJ lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees was spent in Bahrain.
(c) Qatar Terminal
As reported last year, a survey was made in December
1940 with a view to locating a suitableterminal .or
future oil exports. A preliminary ® xam i nat i 0 “
points on the east coast was earned out. A report a
submitted to the Company's London principals and there hav
been no further developments so far.
(d) Company^ Communications
There is no change in the situation as described in
• last year's report except that radio-telephone communica
tion between Dukhan and the Company's launch Ghazal
when at sea has now been arranged.
(e) Water
No potable artesian water has been located in Qatar.
A small condensation plant is to be establ^ t
camp in the near future. This will compensate for the
stoppage of Bombay water supplies anticipated shortly.
(f) Health
During 1941 there was a considerable amount of small-pox
in the Qatar villages. A case occurred in the Company
cLp and every precaution was ^ken to prevent a serious
outbreak. The measures taken were completely succes
and no further cases occurred.
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e"5„ a .hlcfc i. prortd.a min
restrict or stop the Company's purchases ihthe B anrai
. di« t 5 1 is”;i*d.i-
r. i, o r .i«id Sa «P nsKs;Sl --
SSSedS” T, fro. Ph. Political
Department may be necessary.
The Company employs an Indian s Sub-a 3 siS g tant ^geon^
based on Dukhan service or hospital facilities of
any Government medical h £ contemplating employ-
any kind at Dohah. At one time ne was eventually broke
ing a sub-assistant surgout^vie^. Meanwh ii e the Shaikh
down when the cost came un services of the Company’s
and his family continue to use the service
medical officer.
(g) Security year's report still
The situation as described in las y
stands •

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Office, as well as the reports themselves.

Present within the file are the reports for the years 1940-43. Each Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. report contains a prose statement and sometimes statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Officers; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Bahrain Petroleum Company; Agriculture; Municipalities; Customs; Public Works; Electric Department; Pearling Industry; Boatbuilding and Shipping; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of British Notables; Visits of Foreign Notables; Visits of Arab Notables; Qatar; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Foreign Interests; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund; Accidents Within Port Limits; Education; Royal Air Force Levies; Economic; and Cable And Wireless Ltd. Each subject comes under its own sub-heading. Each report is signed by the officiating Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at the time of submission to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire.

Each report on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. contains information on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Trucial Shaikhs; British Interests; Tours; Aviation; Royal Navy; Shipping; Medical; Raids and Disturbances; Oil; The [Second World] War; Red Oxide; Pearling; Fighter Fund; Local Affairs; Royal Air Force Levies; Economics; Security; Population.

Preceding each report is correspondence between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include: Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; the Director of Customs and Port Officer; the Postmaster or sub-Postmaster of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals (men's and women's), the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and the Medical Department of the Bahrain Government; representatives of Bahrain Petroleum Company and Petroleum Concessions Ltd; the Political Officer at Sharjah; and representatives of The Eastern Bank and Cable and Wireless Ltd.

At the back of the file (folios 355-59) are internal office notes.

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1 file (358 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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