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'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948' [147r] (293/322)
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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survey of the waters between Qatar and Bahrain,
24. UNITED STATES NAVY ,
(i) In May the U.S, aircraft carrier
’•Rendova” and the destroyer M C,H.Roan H visited
Bahrain, His Highness and a number of his re
latives were entertained to tea on board the
M Rendova w and His Highness gave an Arab dinner to
the U,S,Naval Officers,
(ii) In July the U.S.S. "Greenwich Bay"
visited Bahrain and Sharjah in the course of a
round-the-world cruise,
(iii) In July the U.S.S."Carpellotti" visited
Qatar and the Commanding Officer called on the
Shaikh, The same month the U,S,S, "Carpellotti" and
the U.S.S."Siboney" visited Bahrain. Vice Admiral
Duncan, U.S.N., Commander, Second Task Fleet,
accompanied by his Chief of Staff, and Mr.Francis
E. Melloy, United States Vice Consul, Dhahran, arrived
in Bahrain by air during the visit of the two American
warships and called on His Excellency the Political
Resident and His Highness Shaikh Salman.
(iv) On the 2nd September Admiral Connolly,
Commander-in-Chief, United States Naval Forces,
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, accompanied by
16 staff officers arrived by air from Karachi and left
on the 3rd.
(v) In November the U.S.S. "MAURY" *, * survey
ship, arrived in Bahrain. She is surveying the
waters between Bahrain and Qatar in company with
H.M.S. "Challenger".
(vi) In December Vice Admiral Radford, U.S.N.,
Vice Chief of Naval Operations, accompanied by Senator
Robertson and Captain Kelly, U.S.N., visited Bahrain.
They called on His Excellency the
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.
,
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 His Highness Shaikh Salman.
26. ROYAL AIR FORCE .
(i) Air Marshal Sir W.F.Dickson, K.B.E.,
C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C., Air Officer Commanding-in-
Chief, MED/ME visited Sharjah in March and Air Vice
Marshal Gray, Air Officer Commanding, Iraq Command
in July and October.
(ii) In May an Aero-Anson aircraft developed
engine trouble on the way from Sharjah to Bahrain and
was crash landed on a reef by the pilot. No one was
hurt and all passengers put to sea in a dinghy and
were brought Into Bahrain the next day.
(iii) In Afgust the Air Agreement with the
Shaikh of Kalba which was signed in 1936 was allowed
to lapse, as neither the Royal Air Force nor the
Ministry of Civil Aviation required air facilities at
Kalba any longer.
26
U.S. CONSUL, DHAHRAN .
Mr.Francis E. Meloy remained Vice Consul
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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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- Title
- 'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 24r:24v, 32r:37v, 110r:113v, 115r:160v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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