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'File 8/9 Annual Report of the Bahrain Government for 1350 A. H.' [56r] (116/206)
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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Agriculture.
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was supposed that it was Government property.
Owing to the distance from Manamah it was not con
venient as a site for an experimental garden but nego-
ciations were entered with Abdul Aziz Kozaibi & Co.,
who wished to buy a large area of ground in order to
grow corn etc. The Government was prepared to sell
100 acres at Rs 15/- per acre with an option of a fur
ther 400 acres at Rs 30/- per acre and a further 500
acres at Rs 35/- per acre making 1000 acres in all,
subject to a stipulation that a proportion of each
lot purchased should be put under cultivation within
a definite time limit. The Kozaibis would not agree
to these terms and as Abdul Aziz Kozaibi left Bahrain
before any arrangement was made the matter is still in
abeyance.
It was afterwards found that H. E. Shaikh Hamad
claims the whole of this area as his private property
in virtue of a "Hiba” gift document from Shaikh Isa.
Palace Garden . This garden has never been a suc
cess partly because there is more salt in the soil
than in many other places and partly because there is,
and always has been brackish water very close under
the surface of the ground. For some time work has
been done by a gang of prisoners who are raising the
surface of the south end, which is the worst portion,
by bringing in sand from outside the garden.
Cotton was planted in this garden, but it grow
very badly. It was rooted up and lucerne was planted
instead. Two sowings of lucerne were a failure owing
to strong shamal winds destroying the young plants.
Lucerne is very susceptible to wind and needs a good
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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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- 'File 8/9 Annual Report of the Bahrain Government for 1350 A. H.'
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- 7r:89v
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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