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'File 8/9 Annual Report of the Bahrain Government for 1350 A. H.' [‎50r] (104/206)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (99 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1932-17 Sep 1932. 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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Manama Municipality.
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through two of the bazaars. A house was purchased
and demolished to widen a road and a new house was
built to compensate an owner whose property had
previously been demolished for road widening.
Sea Wall . A wall three feet high almost 200 feet
long was built on the shore at Houra in order to re
claim a large piece of ground, the property of the
Municipality, which was previously covered by the
sea at high tides.
Lunatic As s vlum . The building was surrounded by a
wall six feet high made of stone and mud. This insti
tution is now used by Muharraq. as well as Manamah and
it has been found to be very useful and necessary.
Pier . A pier, built out into the sea, on the wes
tern sea road was made as a place for dumping stones,
mud, juss etc. in order to prevent persons from stacking
such material on the road itself. A fee is being char
ged which will eventually defray the cost of the build
ing.
Cemeter y walls . The stone walls, with gates at
intervals, surrounding the Shia and Sunni cemeteries
on the south of the town have been completed and the
appearance of that part of the town is greatly improved
and the graveyards are now free of dogs which used for
merly to inhabit them and dig up the graves.
Weights and measures . Tested weights and measures
manufactured in England and stamped with the Municipal
stamp and amount of weights in Arabic have oeen sold to
the local shopkeepers, the old innacurate Y/eights have
been taken in.

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The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1350 AH. The report includes the budget for the upcoming year (1351 AH). It is written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.

The report was submitted by Belgrave to 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, Charles Geoffrey Prior, who then forwarded it 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 Bushire. The correspondence relating to this process is included in the volume.

The report itself (folios 10-89), submitted in June 1932, is divided into sections corresponding to a particular subject, as follows: Budget; Notes on Budget; Receipts and Expenditure; Pearl Industry; Police and Public Security; Judicial Department; Report on Administration of Estates; Land Department; Public Works; Education; Manamah Municipality; Maharaq [Muharraq] Municipality; Agriculture; Bahrain Electric Supply; Sunni Wakf Department; Shia Wakf Department; Trade and Customs; General. At the beginning of the report (folio10) is an index listing the contents in the order that they appear, with reference to folio numbers. These folio numbers are large, stamped numbers appearing in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

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1 volume (99 folios)
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The volume 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 inside back cover with 101; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 7-89; these numbers are also written in pencil and ink, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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