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'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946' [130r] (259/318)
The record is made up of 1 file (157 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1946-5 Mar 1947. 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 new wing of the Manama palace, residential quarters
for employees of the Bahrain Government, residential
quarters for employees of Messrs. Gray Mackenzie & Co.,
Ltd., 4 new flour mills, and about 116 private consumers.
An increased demand by petroleum concessions Limited for
the air conditioning for their staff and office premises
was also met.
(iii) New Agreement with the R.A.F .
In May the Bahrain Government concluded a new
electricity agreement with the Air Ministry under which
they became responsible for the supply of electricity
in an emergency to the Royal Air Force at Muharraq, and
regularly to the various B.O.A.C. installations in Manama.
(iv) At the invitation of the Amir Saud bin Abdulla
bin Jalawi of Hassa the State Engineer visited Hofuf in
March to advise on the electrification of that town.
9. TbLEPHONE PEPARfMENT .
No progress has been made with the scheme for an
automatic telephone system and the Bahrain public have had
to suffer for another year from the accumulated defects of
the obsolete equipment still in use. Messrs. Cable and
Wireless experienced some difficulty in acquiring suitable
sites in Manama and Muharraq for the main arid satellite
exchanges, but were assisted by this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in obtaining
the sites required. In September, however, the Company
informed the Bahrain Government that an automatic system
could not be installed and offered a new magneto system
instead. Shaikh Salman felt that he had been let down by
the Company and replied that unless the Company were prepared
to carry out their original proposal, he would invite another
firm to undertake installation. The question was still
under consideration by the London Office of Messrs. Cable
& Wireless at the end of the year.
10. PEARLING .
Detailed reports have not yet been received, but
prices remained at a high level and the value of the catch
was greater than that of last year. Divers, nakhudas, and
pearl merchants had a good season, but owing to the unsettled
state of the Indian market many of the pearls obtained were
still unpurchased at the end of the year. There were fewer
boats in commission largely because the absenc.e of timber
restricts the building of new craft, and many old boats are
now unsafe. New divers are still coming forward from among
the sons of old divers, but many have been educated at the
various schools and no longer make diving their trade.
11. CUSTOMS .
Customs revenue from all sources, amounted to
Rs.28.83,410 an increase of Rs.2,85,312 over the previous
year.
There were 116 launches registered with the customs
on the 31st December, 1946.
12. FOOD CONTROL .
Despite the cessation of hostilities there was
no apparent improvement in the food position during the
/year
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1946 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 23-33) 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 125-152), 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; 4. Education; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Telephone Department; 10. Pearling; 11. Customs; 12. Food Control; 13. Shipping; 14. Accidents within Port Limits; 15. The Port of Bahrain; 16. Post Office; 17. Administration of Justice; 18. Police; 19. Economic; 20. Medical; 21. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 22. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 23. Cable & Wireless Limited; 24. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 25. Royal Navy; 26. Royal Air Force; 27. American Consulate, Dhahran; 28. Visitors; 29. Local Affairs; 30. The Weather; 31. Qatar; 32. 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 155-158 are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (157 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946'
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- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 21r:33v, 40r:44v, 58r:59v, 75r:78v, 124r:158v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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