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'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946' [‎142r] (283/318)

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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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modern receivers and a modern cathode-ray equipment for
servicing all Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. wireless equipment has also
been installed during the year,
(i v ) STAFF .
The rise in traffic and the return to a pre-war
footing has resulted in an increase in staff from 41
persons in 1945 to 54 persons in 1946.
24. BHirioH OVaHdSAS AIHWAYG CORPORATION .
During the year the Corporation completed its
return to a peace time footing. The special R.A.F.
services were abolished and some of the B.O.A.C. services
discontinued. The trunK route service from the united
Kingdom to the Far :;ast was extended to include Singapore
and was operated by bunderlands. The weekly l.ocKheed
Lodestar service between Bahrain and Cairo which was
proposed at the end of last year was not introduced.
Karly in January the ’Ensign' class aircraft were with
drawn from the Cairo-Earachi schedule and their place
taken by 'C* Class flyingboats. Towards the end of the
year notice was received that the 'C' Class flyingboats
were also to be withdrawn and replaced by the newrudor
land aircraft. Unfortunateiy the tonnage of the rudor
•planes makes it impossible for them to use the r/uharraq
aerodrome and this will deprive Bahrain of both the
Durban-Calcutta and the Cuiro-Karachi schedules and break
the air 1in* with the Crucial Coast.
A short table of statistics for 1946 is given
below. Eewer passengers embarked and disembarKed at
Bahrain than in 1945 but there was an increase in the
amount of freight and mail carried. With the discontinua
tion of U.S.A. Post Office facilities the mail of British
and American employees of the Bahrain Petroleum company
was again despa tolled by B.O.A.C. aircraft.
(i) Statistics.
Fmbarked
Disembarked.
Mail •••
26,239 Kgs.
56962 Kgs.
Freight
15,503 Kgs.
33225 Kgs.
Passengers ...
2,397
2,119
(ii) §taff.
1.1. '46.
31.12. '46.
British ...
15
12
Indian ...
139
107
Local .•.
235
203
25. ROYAL NAVY.
(i) On the 29th July Captain R.J.K.. Dendy, R.N.,
relieved Commodore I.W. Whitehorn, R.N., as Senior Naval
Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
(ii) It was decided that the headquarters of the Senior
Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , should be afloat in H.M.S.
"V. ildgoose", and this accordingly took place on the arrival
of the new Senior Naval Officer.
(iii) On the 31st August the Royal Naval Base at jufair
v/as closed. The Staff Officer (Intelligence). Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
/is

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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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