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'File 8/8 Annual Administration Reports by Political Agent, Bahrain' [‎109r] (217/248)

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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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rarest of occasions and writing work had to be reduced to
a minimum.
(ii) Technical School
There has been a considerable falling off in the number
of students in the Technical School due to the abnormal demand
for skilled and semi-skilled workers however immature their
training. The teaching staff have had to contend with con
siderable difficulties owing to a shortage of materials and
instruments. The future of the Technical School was discussed
with the Bahrain Government during 1944 and it is possible that
the Bahrain petroleum company may be inclined to take over the
institution with suitable reservations to the Bahrain Government
in the way of a quota of scholarships for boys nominated by the
Bahrain Government. Nothing definite could be settled as the
Bahrain Petroleum Company are at present very pre-occupied with ik
the abnormal war programme they have been called upon to handle.
It is probable that in 1945 they will be able to put into exe
cution a number of sound schemes for the benefit of the general
population which they have been considering in theory during
the past year and it is hoped that one of their first actions
will be to come to an agreement with the Bahrain,Government
regarding the Technical school.
(iii) Girls* Schools
The Girls* Section had much the same difficulties to
contend with as the Boys* Section, There have however been
very large increases in the number of students in the Girls*
Schools, This is due to the higher standard of education
brought about by the recruitment from overseas of skilled
mistresses, and the realisation by the general public that an
educated girl has much greater chances of making a satisfactory
marriage.
(iv) Statistics
Number of
Schools
Number of
Pupils
Number of
Teachers
Boys Schools as on 31st
Dec. 1944.
9
1,427
71
Girls Schools -do-
4
1,167
49
Technical school -do-
1
36
7

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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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