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'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948' [‎142r] (283/322)

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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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wells was again an appreciable cause of the increase
especially in the early part of the year when the
average daily production rose as high as 4,000 tons.
(c) Development .
One new well was completed during the year
and a new point of withdrawal made in an existing well.
Drilling operations on the deep test well begun in 1947
were continued throughout the year and are still in
progress. Difficult drilling conditions made the rate
of progress slow but valuable information is being
accumulated.
(d) Imports of Arabian American Crude .
Receipts of Arabian American Crude through
the (A-B) submarine pipeline totalled 5,738,998 tons
during the year and an additional 139,241 tons were
received by tanker through Sitrah marine terminal, making
a total of 5,878,239 tons received in the Refinery.
(®) Exploration Work .
Eight structure holes were drilled in the
waters surrounding Hawar Island and five in the waters
to the north of Bahrain and Muharraq Islands in the
general area of Fasht al Jarim. In order to obtain
greater information plans were made early in the year
to conduct a geophysical survey of the water covered
areas of the additional area and arrangements made to
obtain the necessary equipment and personnel. Actual
operations were begun in December, 1948.
(f) Refinery Operations .
Operation of the Refinery was at a high
level of throughput during 1948 and the total crude run
amounted to7,279,559 tons. Product shipments were as
follows
Aviation Gasoline
Gasoline
Kerosene
Diesel Fuel
Fuel Oil
Total
15,302 tons
1,725,698 "
728,091 "
1,201,386 "
■^. 9^308 "
6.627.785 "
Of the above aviation gasoline 1,502 tons
were of Bahrain manufacture and 10,466 tons were imported
partly from the United States and partly from Abadan.
The above crude running represented approxi
mately a 19# increase over 1947 operations, and was made
possible by alterations to existing equipment and operation
on an exacting shipping schedule.
(g) Refinery .
Major facilities completed during the year
were the installation and operation of a Thermal Reformer,
the completion of the Reforemed Gasoline Lead Sulphide
Sweetening plant, and the completion and placing in service
of two wells connected with this plant. A number of minor
alterations and additions to existing facilities were made
or commended during 1948 and the improvements to the power
kerosene.•••

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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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