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'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949' [134r] (267/372)
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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LETTERS TO BE ADDRESSED TO
(Llic fetot PtmtMr,
THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS
EASTERTIDE.
with reference to your Confidential letter No. c/L-32 of 14th ultimo, we
give below a brief summary of working conditions for the year 1949.
MONEY Money was not so plentiful in the bazaar as in the two previous years. It
is believed that considerable funds went to Saudi Arabia in payment of dollars
purchased there and for the establishment of credits in non-sterling area countries
in Saudi Arabian sterling. Large transfers of funds to Kuwait took place in the
last quarter of the year for the purchase of gold and Pakistan notes.
EXCHANGE Exchange rates remained stable throughout the year for all sterling
area currendies with the exception of Pakistan
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
which were not devalued in
line wiih other sterling area cuerendies when the £.sterling was devalued in
terms of the U.S.Dollar in September. Following the appreciation of the Pakistan
rupee in terms of other sterling area currencies, a brisk traffic developed in
Pakistan Currency notes, most of which were smuggled out of Pakistan for sale.
The purchase and repatriation of Pakistan currency by the Banks in Bahrain ceased
on 31st October on the State Bank of Pakistan's refusal to give the Banks credit
for any currency notes purchased after that date though the traffic still
continued in Saudi Arabia until 22nd January 1950.
otherwise. The "free" dollar rate rose to Rs,5/l5/0 per dollar towards the end of
the year but dropped to Rs.5/8/0 at the close.
TRADE Not quite so active as most sections of the bazaar were well stocked
throughout the year, with pieoegoods overstocked with very little demand. The
position in piecegoods was eased somewhat in October when Pakistan buyers appeared
and demand from Arabia revived but the Mpsket remained 'sticky*
Devaluation of sterling in terms of the U.S. Dollar had little or no effect
Yours faithfully.
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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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- Title
- 'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949'
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- 134r:134v
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- Eastern Bank Limited
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