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'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948' [‎153r] (305/322)

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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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Eastbound
Westbound
British
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52
21
Norwegian
• •
29
33
Belgian
• •
4
4
French
• •
40
18
Australian
• •
4
5
American
• •
8
4
Iraqi
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6
21
Indian
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13
3
Scandinavian
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1
1
Burmese
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7
Dutch
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4
2
Malayan
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1
Saudi Arabian
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3
1
B.O.A.C.
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5
9
TOTALt
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Ifi/Ith effect from the 19th February Iraqi
Airways started a weekly service on the Baghdad-Basrah-
Kuwait-Bahrain-Sherjah line for passengers and freight
but this only lasted for about 3 months as the amount of
freight did not justify a continuation of the service,
Mr. J.A. Roche was Station Manager until
the 1st August when he handed over to Mr.P.W.Coultard.
On the 2?nd October Mr.Coultard handed over to Mr.E.J.
iPalmer.
(iii) Shipping .
During the period under report 41 ships
called at Sharjah and 60 ships at Dubai.
Ikg-Spldgs, Valley Ochre and Oxide go.
Mining for red oxide on Abu Musa Island
wss continued until the 22nd June. During the year under
review mining for red oxide was also commenced on Sir
Bu Nai 1 r Island. 2200 tons of red oxide from the former
and 2300 tons from the latter were shipped to England on
S.S. n SERB1STAR M which sailed on the 22nd June. During
the year under review, Mr.E.Innes Pocock of Messrs.Golden
Valley Ochre and Oxide Company Limited visited Abu Dhabi
©nd, after obtaining Shaikh Shakhbut*s permission, proceeded
to Sir Beni Yas and Dalmah Islands for the purpose of
prospecting for red oxide there. He took specimens for
examination but the result is not yet known. Mr.Pocock
left for the United Kingdom on the 23rd June. In early
Kovember he telegraphed to Khan Sahib Husain Araad instructing
him to recruit labour and recommence mining red oxide on
Abu Musa and Sir Bu Nai»r Islands. Work is in progress
in both places.
(v) Anti-Locust *
On the 29th April Mr.C.Moore, Administrative
Officer, Middle East Anti-Locust Unit, arrived at Sharjah.
He disposed of all the saleable stores of the Middle East
Anti-Locust Unit at Sharjah and destroyed locust poison
bait. He left Sharjah for Bahrain on the 7th May.
7. IO^D. 1 , g 1 , L t
For the first time, the Quarantine work was
started in May of/year 1948, at both the ports of Dubai
and Sharjah. A few quarantine huts have been constructed

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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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