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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [160r] (319/720)
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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to the main Manemeh-Rafa 1 road and much of the swamp
land south of Kanamah was filled in and new roads ware
constructed over it.
The usual town cleaning and upkeep of roads, super
vision of markets and munipal services were maintained,
(ii) Muharraq
Apart from the normal municipal services, which
were maintained throughout the year, the Muharraq Munici
pality concentrated their activities mainly on road-build
ing.
7. Public Works
The most important public work to be completed
during the year was the Manamah-MUharraq bridge, which
was built by Messrs. Holloway Brothers. The war had
delayed considerably its completion, two sections of
the bridge being lost at sea. However, duplicates of
the missing sections were made in the workshops of the
Bahrain Petroleum Company and the bridge was opened by
His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain on the 18th December,
1941.
The administrative block of the State Hospital was
almost completed, the ground floor rooms being in occupa
tion before the end of the year.
The new Technical School was completed.
New married lines were built on the south side of
the Police Fort in place of the old huts which formerly
accommodated families of the police.
8. Electric Department
Owing chiefly to the lighting restrictions in
Bahrain, there was not the usual increase in load. The
connected load on the 31st December 1941 was 653 K.W.,
with a maximum recorded load of 168 K.W., the correspond
ing figuresfor the previous year being 613 K.W. and
180 K.W. respectively.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/299
- Title
- 'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:13v, 56r:61v, 69r:69v, 93r:126v, 144r:146v, 151r:187v, 189r:193v, 208r:211v, 219r:261v, 265r:265v, 308r:313v, 315r:319v, 332r:359v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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