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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [161r] (321/720)
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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New methods of allocating working charges and assess
ing depreciation were adopted experimentally during 1941.
Under this new arrangement it is expected that the net profit
will be in the neighbourhood of Rs 30,000 for the Arabic year
1360.
Electricity rates were reduced from 7 as. to 6 as.
per unit and it is estimated that this reduction willd ecrease
the annual revenue by approximately Rs 10,000. The rates for
air conditioning units were increased.
The wiring of houses by local contractors continued.
Approximately 450 points were added, as compared with 650
in the previous year, the decrease being due to general trade
depression and the difficulty in obtaining wiring material.
50 air conditioning units were in operation during the year.
On the 31st December 1941 the total number of tele
phone subscribers was 86.
9. Pearling Industry
The pearl season was comparatively good and showed a
great improvement on previous years. Though the catch was
larger than that in 1940, few important pearls were found.
The Indian market was very active and pearl prices in
Bahrain were 50% higher thsn during the last year, the
highest prices being paid for medium and lew grade pearls.
There was an increase in the number of diving boats and all
boats made a profit.
During the 1941 222 pearling craft were in operation,
while in 1940 only 191 operated.
10. Customs
The Customs revenue amounted to Rs 8,04,089, as com
pared with Rs 8,91,721 during the year 1940.
11. Boat-building and Shipping
(i) Only one motor launch was built in Bahrain during
the year, and another boat built here was converted into a
launch.
(ii)/-
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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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