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'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948' [‎27r] (53/322)

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The record is made up of 1 file (159 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1949-11 Jan 1950. 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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FOOD COKTROL DKPAR3BIEHr
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During the year under revierw, the Govonanout spent R » 7l/- laldis on
the purchase of foods tuTfs as against fu 113 laid is during the previous year*
The decreased expenditure was brought about by the following decisions taken
at a Special Meeting held on the 6th Mahurruci 1367 over which His Highness
the Ruler of Bahrain presided*
SUGAR:- The Government were assured by leading importers, that given the
opportunity, they could and would import sufficient sugar to meet Bahrain's
requirements for 1367* This assurance was accepted end the Government
withdrew their application for a quota through H.B.M's 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. *
RICE:- The Government agreed to the request by importers that they should
be allowed to inport and sell freely in the market this cereal*
With the exception of the 1st month of the year, io, Ilahurnm, when
the General public received a sugar ration of 2g lbs per adult in the towns
and i lb per adult in the villages, the Govenmont wore solely concerned in
ensuring the continuity of the wheat ration throughout the year.
As will be seen fran the under-noted statement of month by month rations
issued to the public, it was possible to issue a small quantity of rice
during the month* of R&madhan and Dhulqaada.
MONTH:
in
towns
CrlRNAL RATIOS PER ADUUP
: in villages’
t

* *
RATE
Mahurrun 1367


10 lbs wheat
:
16
lbs
wheat


fe 0.14.0
per :
ruba of
:
2-J lbs sugar:
lib i
sugar


ks 2. 8.0
n
4
lbs.
Sofar 1367
3
10
lbs
wheat
$
16
lbs
wheat
:
i* 0.14.0
It •
It
it
Rabia alA.^l
1367
:
10
lbs
wheat
:
16
lbs
wheat
:
fe 0.14*0
H
n
it
Rabia alThani
1367:
10
lbs
wheat


16
lbs
wheat
:
fe 0.14*0
tl
n
n
Jamad alAv/al 1
1367
1
10
lbs
wheat
:
16
lbs
wheat


fe 0.14.0
n
it
Jamad alTn ni
1367:
10
lbs
wheat


16
lbs
wheat
:
2l 0.14.0
n
ft
n
Rajab 1367
:
10
lbs
whoat
:
16
lbs
wheat
:
(a 0.14.0
n
fl
n
Shaban 1367
:
10
lbs
whoat
s
16
lbs
wheat
:
(b 1. 0.0
n
«
n
Ramadhan 1367
:
8
lbs
whoat
:
14
lbs
wheat
3
fc 1. 0.0
n
tt
:
6
lbs
Rice
:
5
lbs
Rice
3
id 2.14.0
n
n
tt
Sh&wal 1367
e
10
lbs
whoat
*
16
lbs
whoat
t
R» 1. 0.0
n
it
n
Dhulqaada 1367

10
lbs
wheat
:
12
lbs
wheat
:
b X. 2.0
it
n
it
2
lbs
Rice


2
lbs
Rice
:
Id 2.14.0
it
it
Dhul iJaj 1367
:
10
lbs
whoat
:
12
lbs
wheat
:
fe 1. 2.0
n

In addition to the above scale of rations, 4 lbs of wheat per adult
per month was issued throughout the year on behalf of the townsfolk to

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1948 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 active in Bahrain that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; British Postal Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; 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 116-129) 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bahrain.

The final report (folios 123-148), which includes the final, summarised 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. Al Khalifa; 2. Education; 3. Agriculture; 4. Water Conservation; 5. Municipalities; 6. Public Works; 7. Electricity Department; 8. Telephone Department; 9. Transport Department; 10. Pearling; 11. Customs; 12. Food Control; 13. Shipping; 14. Post Office; 15. Administration of Justice; 16. Police; 17. Economic; 18. Medical; 19. Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; 20. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 21. Cable and Wireless Limited; 22. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 23. Royal Navy; 24. United States Navy; 25. Royal Air Force; 26. US Consul, Dhahran; 27. Visitors; 28. Bahrain and Palestine; 29. Bahrain and Persia; 30. Items of Interest; 31. Weather; 32. Qatar; 33. 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 159-60 are internal office notes.

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1 file (159 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 with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 161; 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 typed foliation sequence is also present between ff 40-88; these numbers are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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