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'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947' [‎135r] (269/306)

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The record is made up of 1 file (151 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1948-8 May 1948. 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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The main survey was concentrated on the area
from Haqta westwards for approximately 100 miles end cowering
the terrain inland to a depth of 60 kilometres*
A further line was run from Jahal Ali east
wards to the main mountain range*
The following gives a summary of personnel
/elnp^oyed by Petroleum Concessions Limited on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. *
British 6
Americans 9
British Indian 1
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. 99
Bahrainis 4
Muscatl 1
Portuguese 1
Total 121
QATAR
The rehabilitation of Dukhan Camp continued
throughout the year and many new buildings were completed and
occupied by staff*
A greater number of industrial buildings have
also been completed and machinery built* Workshops and other
ancillary units have been erected and put into operation*
The progress has indeed been slow f but
this was due to delay in delivery of materials and to lack of
essential fittings which are very difficult to obtain.
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(a) The complete triangulation of the Qatar
Peninsula to supply control points for aerial mapping was
concluded* /a® ..
(b) The Aerial survey of Qatar/completed by Messrs.
Hunting Aero Surveys Limited in April*
(c) The land and sea survey of the proposed site
for a terminal loading pointing at A1 Arrif on the east coast
was commenced. H*U.S* Challenger carried out survey work on
ftakrah and El Arrif.
(d) A survey was commenced on the west coast at A1
Haralah to provide a large scale contour map of the area which
will eventually contain the industrial Area on the ground
ad .Joining the seashore with the permanent camp on the high
ground inland with possibly a boat harbour*
(e) Extent ions to the jetty at Zekrlt were commenced.
(f) Survey and Construction Camps at Uom Bab and
Umo liusha have been erected and are occupied.
(g) The main arterial road system was commenced and
good progress has been made#
No. 4 well was spudded (i*e* the ground was
first broken by a drill) in September and a depth of 5000 feet
was drilled by the end of the year.
/ No. 6

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1947 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; Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; 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 94-104) 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 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. Officers; 2. Bahrain Government Officials; 3. The Al Khalifah; 4. Education; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electric Department; 9. Transport Department; 10. Telephone Department; 11. Pearling; 12. Customs; 13. Food Control; 14. Shipping; 15. Post Office; 16. Administration of Justice; 17. Police; 18. Economic; 19. Medical; 20. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 21. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 22. Cable & Wireless Limited; 23. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 24. Royal Navy; 25. Royal Air Force; 26. American Consulate, Dhahran; 27. Visitors; Local Affairs (unnumbered); 30. Bahrain and Palestine; 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.

Also within the file is correspondence (folios118-119) between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and that of Kuwait regarding the cost of lighting and heating in Kuwait and Basra.

Folios 149-152 are internal office notes.

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1 file (151 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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