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'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948' [‎121r] (241/322)

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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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KEDICAL (Contd.)
Disease
No.Of Patients.
(4)
Diseases of Digestive System
294
(5)
Diseases of bones, joints,
bursar, fascia etc.
270 #
(6)
Veneral diseases
138
8> OFFICERS * TOURS .
On the 27th February His Excellency Sir Rupert Hay,
K.C.I.E., Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , arrived
at Abu Dhabi by L.V.Nearchus escorted by H.M.S.Wren. After
exchanging calls with the Ruler of Abu Dhabi and lunching
with him, the Resident left Abu Dhabi the same day and
arrived at Sharjah on the 28th. The Shaikhs of Sharjah and
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Dubai called on the Resident on board the Nearchus and on
the Captain of H.M.S.Wren. The Resident accompanied 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. , returned the Shaikhs' calls in their
respective forts and lunched with the Shaikh of Sharjah.
The next morning the Resident received calls at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
from the Shaikhs of Ajman and Umm al Qaiwain. He also
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visited the Royal Air Force Camp. He later lunched with
the Shaikh of Dubai and visited the Government Dispensary
in Dubai and two sites under consideration for a house for
the Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . On the 1st March the
Resident went to the Jiri in Ras al Khaimah territory where
he met Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad and his father. On his way
back to Sharjah he lunched with the Shaikh of Umm al Qaiwain ^
and returned the Shaikh of Ajman's call. The Resident left
for Bahrain that evening.
On the 28th January Mr.C.J.Pelly, O.B.E., Political
Agent, Bahrain, arrived at Sharjah in H.M.S.Norfolk and ^
left for Bahrain on the 31st. On the 23rd February he arrived
at Sharjah by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch and, after visiting Abu
Dhabi, Ras al Khairaah, Umm al Qaiwain and Ajman, left for
Bahrain on the 2nd March.
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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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