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'File 8/8 Annual Administration Reports by Political Agent, Bahrain' [49r] (97/248)
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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water, distilled water, fuel gas, fuel oil, air and miscellaneous other utility lines
are complete and in service.
The principal electric feeder lines etc. are complete and in service except
for additional changes and additions which will be made at the time the new generator,
to be installed at No.2 Power Plant, is placed into operation.
A new refinery telephone system with an independent switchboard has been
installed and is now operating. Part of the telephones to the new plants are in
operation and the remainder will be completed in the near future.
A chilled distilled drinking water system has been completed with the exception
of connections to various plants now under construction.
Sanitary sewer services have been Installed and a part of these are now in
operation.
ffiSLDlNO AND MaCHINB SHOPS
The extent and nature of the aviation equipment now being installed has
necessitated the purchase of machine tools not heretofore available at Bahrein.
Buildings to house such equipment are being built in the northeast of the refinery
area. The framework of one building ie up and the other is in the process of ereetlon.
It is anticipated that both buildings will be completed during the first half of 1945.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS
Within the new Refinery Construction Area a new dispensary building for
Rupee Payroll fctaployeea was erected near the South Refinery Oate. Two additions were
made to the Messhall building and an addition was mads to the Construction Office,
both of which lie east of the Acid Manufacturing Plant. Three Staff Toilets, one
east of the Acid Manufacturing Plant, one east of the Alkylation Unit and one east
Of the Fluid Catalyst Cracking Plant, and two Native Toilets, one north of the Acid
Manufacturing Plant and one south of the Fluid Catalyst Cracking Plant, were built.
PIPELINE - ARABIA TO BAHREIN ISLAND
Completed this year as s part of ths Refinery expansion programme was a 12"
crude oil line running across Bahrein Island from the Refinery to a point on the
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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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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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