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'File 8/8 IV Annual Administration Report for 1945' [‎30r] (59/280)

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The record is made up of 1 file (138 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1946-9 Mar 1946. 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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Eaati Control .
liu-lns the year under review, the Government 6 t ,aln oevotea a
comieorable amount of time, energy anc money In ensuring that
acequate supplies of essential foodstuffs were available lor
the public.
m all a sum of lib lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. Aero spent in the purchase
'' 1 ,/1 ' i ®6t, millet, rice, tea, sugar and dates.
lit© monthly cereal vttlon for the at.ult was maintained at
20 lbs t uoughout the year, but difiered in quality from time
to tine.
> r ° r ;he iirst tro months the ration consisted of li lbs of
*i«at ant o lbs of mixed flour, for the ensuing five months the
proportions were 10 lbs, of wheat, 5 lbs barley anc 5 lb.« milled
wheat.^ i . r Use month of Ghaban the ration wes 13 lbs of wheat,
3 lbs of mixed barley ant millet flour, anc 4 lbs of rice .y
I .ring th* month of hamaohatx an extra ration of rice was
issued - the proportions being 6 lbs of rice, 3 lbs millet and
11 lbs of wheat, v
y For the month of Shawal b lbs of whest, t lbs mixed flour
ana A lbs of rice were issued, whilst for the last two months
of the year the ration consisted of 12 lbs of wheat, 4 lbs rice
tncl 4 lbs of millet, y
> Iteepite the vernation* of eiet, few, if any ii*ns of
t-elnutritiona were to be seen amongst the population, and th©
nuciber ok dysentery cases was the smallest for a considerable
time, jc
The system of Food distribution continued smoothly and
changed with few complaints from the puolic against the
shopkeepers.
During the year the Government purchased 1,800 tons of
^ice, the greater portion of v hich arrived towaros th end of
the year, and will be utilised for rations in 1365 .

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1945 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); Imperial Bank of Iran; 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 98-105) 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 111-135), 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 Al Khalifah Family; 4. Bahrain Police; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Telephone Department; 10. Pearl Industry; 11. Customs; 12. Food Control; 13. Shipping; 14. Accidents within Port Limits; 15. Medical (General); 16. The Post Office; 17. Administration of Justice; 18. Education; 19. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 20. Visits of Foreign Notables; 21. Local Affairs; 22. The Weather; 23. Economic; 24. Cable & Wireless Limited; 25. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 26. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 27. The Royal Air Force; 28. American Consulate; 29. Qatar; 30. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . 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.

Folios 137-139 are internal office notes.

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1 file (138 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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