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'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948' [‎137r] (273/322)

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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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15. ADUINISTRATIOH OF JUSTICE.
(i) Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts .
1428 Civil Suits, 298 Criminal Cases and
33 estate cases were dealt with by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Courts
during the year# There was one case of attempted
murder, the accused, a seaman from a freighter
which called at Bahrain, being sentenced to 5 years'
rigorous imprisonment. In January, S#E#Yona, an
Iraqi Jew, was sentenced to one year's Rigorous
Imprisonment and a fine of Rs#1,000/- for embezzling
a sum of Rs#4,000/- from the B0AC.#Rest House in
Manamah where he was employed as a reception clerk.
In November one Indian and one Persian merchant were
each fined Rs.1,000/- for profiteering.
(ii) Local Courts .
No major crime came before the Bahrain
Courts this year, their time being taken up with
Civil Suits and prosecutions for intoxication, being
in the possession of liquor, and traffic offences.
16. POLICE .
Police ,
British
Indians
Strength on
1-1-1948 31-12-1948
3
4
3
4
Arabs and others
316
292
Followers
27
31
Clerks
9
10
TOTALi
358
340
Nature.
Manamah
62
84
Muharraq
64
55
Outposts
35
39
Jufair
3
3
R.A.F.Posts
26
26
TOTAL!
170 _
207
Shaikh Khalifah
bln Mohammed,
Superin
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of this report) and studied the operation of police
methods in England and Scotland.
The local police cadets have now completed
their three years of training and have been appointed
Assistant Sub Inspectors of Police. They form a useful
adjunct to the force and have been successful in
apprehending a number of pilferers of ships' cargo
awaiting unloading at Manamah pier.
There were 367 theft cases as against 414
last year. There were also 8 smuggling cases and one
case of suicide.
There were.••.

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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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