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'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948' [158r] (315/322)
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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- £7 -
A number of Trvclal Co^?5t w^r* boai\3ed
by Iranian patrols in Ji&nlaa waters *nd the Persian
and Indian Huo*«a cujrejuey found on board was con
fiscated* CoKplainta to the appropriate Iranian
authorities were lodged but nc result was achieved*
(lx)
Tri* i* las been depressed throughout the year*
Kxports to r e i sian continueo to dt’Crease a.'d warty
Trucial COc»st subjects' have rone to Catsr ? Saudi
Arshia, Bahrein and Kusair. in search of work*
during the early part of the yer^r there was
distress on the Truelal Coast as the orice of dates y
which constituted the main diet of the people» werat
very hi^h rnd was soon followed bj a scarcity of rice
owing to the very strict sieasure? taken by the Iranian
authorities, - Iran being the muin source of supply
to the Vrucial Coast - against its export* The situation
was, however, eonstderably relieved when the nrice of
dates dropped to a reasonable limit end imports of
dates from Iran and Iraq continued* During the latter
part of the year sufficient quantities of rice arrived
from Persia and ^der (the letter beinv Egyptian rice)
am the food situation was satisfactory*
The pearl trade was good - better than the
previous years* The lifting of the ben by the Govern
ment of India cn the entry of pearls into India was
received with satinfection* The catch of pearls obtained
during the two p<irt.s of the diving season worth
about Jis.2,000,000/-*
(x) ^ oayuQicetioh f t
The iso tor tract t etween Dubai and ku&ct t
through the v^adi el Qaur was in constant use by taxis
taking passeagera end goods to and fro. fcost of the
trucks viaed were unserviceable surplus Military vehicles
cold by the Boyal /^ir Force end put to use again by the
local people, security on the way w«is fair.
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HI3 BHITAKKIC W TFSTOM POLITIC Ah AGENT,
BAOUIN.
Bahrain,
27th April 1949.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/304
- 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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- Open Government Licence