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'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949' [‎109r] (217/372)

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The record is made up of 1 file (184 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1950-20 Jul 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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and "by the opposition of the Ruler of Dubai to the use of
poison bait in his territory. The Pakistani team finally
left for Karachi in June.
As a result of the experience gained in the spring,
it was decided to despatch to Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in the autumn a
Control Unit and a survey team of Desert Locust Survey both
administered by East Africa High Commission. On 9th November,
Mr. G. Popov arrived in Sharjah to organize the winterfe
compaign. He will be assisted by four British Officers and
is adequately provided with vehicles and equipment for
extensive survey and control measures. The intention of the
Survey Unit is to penetrate the interior of Oman as far as
possible and to obtain detailed topographical information and
to study locust breeding, whilst the control unit j.s to deal
with swarms in the Coastal areas.
Mr. R. Stephenson, P.R.E.S., director of Desert
Locust Survey, Nairobi, arrived m Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. on 6th
December to study local condxtious aua xeiu on 15th.
10. PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT IKUCIAL COAST LIMITED.
Througnout 1949, the Company continued its detailed
exploratory operations in the area of tne Jebei Ali and of
the sands immediately fringing the Abu Dhabi Sabkha. A
rapid seisimic survey was also made uii tne Coasuai strip
between Dubai and Umm al \|aiwain.
In darly August, an unloading camp was established
on the shores of Khor Ghanadah, a creek in Abu Dhabi territory
capable of harbouring not merely launches, but also the
Company^ landing ship, S.S. Jassura. At this camp, vehicles,
3 tores and equipment were landed anti a drilling camp was
established at Ras Sadr, some 10 miles South Wexst of Ghanadha.
By the end of the year, the foundations of the drilling rig
had been laid and drilling is expected to begin before the
spring of 1950. Considerable difficulty was experienced by
the Company in setting up these camps firstly on account of the
inhospitable terrain and the extreme heat and secondly, through

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1949 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. , including 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 Agencies; 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); British Bank of Iran and the Middle East (formerly 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. (folios 106-22) and Qatar (folios 99-102) reports are 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 and the British Agent at Doha, respectively. 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 155-183), 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. and Qatar reports, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. General; 2. Al Khalifah; 3. Education; 4. Agriculture; 5. Municipalities; 6. Water Conservation; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Automatic Telephones; 10. Pearling; 11. Bahrain Fisheries; 12. Sale of Landed Property to Foreigners; 13. Deportation of Undesirables; 14. Currency; 15. Customs; 16. Food Control; 17. Shipping; 18. Post Office; 19. Administration of Justice; 20. Police; 21. Economic; 22. Medical; 23. Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; 24. Cable and Wireless Limited; 25. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 26. Royal Navy; 27. Unites States Navy; 28. United States Consul, Dhahran; 29. Visitors; 30. Items of Interest; 31. Weather. 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 184-85 are internal office notes.

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1 file (184 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 inside back cover with 186; 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 2-152; these numbers are also written in pencil, 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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