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'File 8/8 Annual Administration Reports by Political Agent, Bahrain' [91r] (181/248)
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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The increas in the number of pupils is slight as the
schools were already filled to capacity in 1943. Further
progress has however been made in the dividing up of the
lower classes thus reducing still further the overcrowding
in the Infants schools.
The two events of outstanding importance were the
sending of nine students for further education in Cairo and
the engagement of thirteen trained Egyptian teachers.
Early in the new year the head Master and Mathmatics
Master of the Secondary school unexpectedly resigned for
family reasons, thus reducing the staff to two. We were
able to carry out the normal programme until the end of the
school by the help of a senior clerk on loan from the Public
Relations Office. The opening of the Secondary school for
the new school year was delayed until mid November owing to
the late arrival of the new Egyptian teachers who were
unfortunately held up in Baghdad.
There has been a steady improvement in the Infant and
Primary schools which promises well for the future. The
opinion of the Egyptian teachers is tnat the standard of
those compares very favourable with that ol corresponding
Egyptian schools, but that the second and third forms Ox
the Secondary school are little better than the first.
This is in accordance with the fact that the older boys
did not have the opportunities that are now available to
their younger brothers.
Cultural lessons such as Drawing, Handwork, Library
Work and General Knowledge arehaving a marked effect, as
are the steadily increasing extramural activities. This
widening of outlook, this direction of youthful energies
is perhaps the most valuable contribution to the people
of Bahrain that education has to offer.
The difficulty of obtaining essential material for
the schools has become more acute. It is possible to
obtain neither paper nor chalk from India or the United
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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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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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- 87r:93v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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