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'File 8/8 Annual Administration Reports by Political Agent, Bahrain' [43r] (85/248)
The record is made up of 1 file (122 folios). It was created in 20 Jan 1945-5 Mar 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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B - NM PLANTS COMPLETED OR UNDER C0NSTRUC3TI0N
IN 1944.
SALT .VATER f»YSTiSN
Uhits In the new facilities are being supplied with sea water for cooling
purposes. The equipment to handle the required quantities of incoming end outgoing
sea water consist of the following units which were placed in operation during
October and November
1 . A low head pumping plant having e nominal capacity of 75,000 g.p.m.,
situated south of the Refinery and on the end of a raised flume
which extends from the shore approximately ?,000 ft. out to sea.
The water is discharged into this flume and flows to the shore where
it is conducted by means of an open canal to the Refinery.
2. A high head pumping plant of similar capacity located at the other
end of the open canal which terminates near the southern boundary
of the Refinery. The incoming sea water is pumped by this plant
into a buried reinforced concrete pipe distributing system with
3. A separator system which removes oil from all used water leaving
the Refinery and an open canal running parallel to the inlet water
canal, which discharges that watsr into the sea.
A new three stage crude unit having a nominal capacity of 25,000 barrels
per day was completed and placed in operation in November. The unit consists of
Atmospheric and Vacuum main towers each equipped with a separate furnace and
miscellaneous product strippers; the main overhead gasoline stream la rarun in a
separata column. The main products are light and heavy gasoline, kerosene, light
branches running to the various refinery units.
NO.3 CFiUPE UNIT
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1944 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. , as well as the reports themselves.
The correspondence is 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 representatives of institutions that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Victoria Memorial Hospital; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave); and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Limited. The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. report (folios 71-73) is submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the Political Officer at Sharjah. Both final reports are then submitted by 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. at Bahrain to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire.
The final report (folios 98-122), which includes the final version of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Report, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. Officers; 2. Bahrain Government Officials; 3. The Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifah Family; 4. Bahrain Police; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electric Department; 9. Pearling Industry; 10. Customs; 11. Food Control; 12. Shipping; 13. Accidents Within the Port Limits; 14. Medical; 15. Post Office; 16. Administration of Justice; 17. Education; 18. The Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; 18. Visits of British and Foreign Notables; 19. Visits of Arab Notables; 21. Local Affairs; 22. Economic; 23. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 24. Messrs. Cable & Wireless Limited; 25. Messrs. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 26. American Consulate, Dhahran; 27. Royal Air Force. The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Report is divided as follows: 1. Trucial Shaikhs; 2. British Interests; 3. Shipping; 4. Local Affairs; 5. Security. Some sections are further divided into parts assigned either a lower case Roman numeral (iv, for example) or a lower case letter of the alphabet (d, for example). Several of these parts also come under a sub-heading.
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- 1 file (122 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 inside 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 sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/300
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- 'File 8/8 Annual Administration Reports by Political Agent, Bahrain'
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- 26r:69v
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- Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
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