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'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946' [‎140r] (279/318)

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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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started in 1945 have been completed and 13 additional
2-bedroom houses are in the course of construction. The
increased number of families also necessitated a 2-room
extension to the Awali school. The 52 room bunkhouse no
longer required for living quarters is being converted
into a native hospital.
(k) Personnel.
The following gives a summary of the personnel
employed by the Company on their regular operations and
on additional construction .work during the year:-
«
Americans
120
(Including.18 Con
tractors’ employees)
British (U.K.; ...
348
Canadians ...
60
South Africans ...
24
Other Europeans
11
British Indians
554
Iraqis ...
8
Bahreinis
3,170
Others
641
Total
4,936
gg. PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED.
. (i) This year the company were able to resume geological
exploration and drilling in their various concessionary
areas in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . A geophysical survey party
visited the Prucial Coast in the spring and again in the
autumn of 1946. Arrangements had been made for a seismic
survey party to visit Qatar in the autumn but the U.S.A.
seamen^ strikes delayed the party, and they are now
expected to begin work early in 1947.
(ii) QATAR .
In April, 1946, Dukhan Camp was re-opened and pre
parations made for a drilling programme to be started in
the autumn. This plan was abandoned in October and it was
decided instead to speed up production, and w¥#k
January, 1949, was fixed as a provisional date for the
first export. Preliminary general surveys were carried out
in November along the projected route of a pipe-line and
pipe line road and locations for a terminal oil dock site,
a permanent camp, and unloading points for heavy equipment
were examined. It has been proposed to build a* road from
a new harbour near Al Hamlah on the west coast of Qatar
across the peninsula to a jetty at Wakrah, with forks to
Doha and a terminal oil dock in the vicinity of El Arrif.
More will be known of the practicability of‘these proposals
wnen H.M.S. "Challenger” has completed her survey of Qatar
territorial waters which she began in November of this year.
(iii) TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
In the first part of the year surface geology was
carried out in the following area_.
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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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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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