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'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949' [177r] (353/372)
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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7. POST OFFICE .
On the 25th June Mr. All Dawood arrived at Dubai
from Muscat and took his appointment as sub-postmaster, Dubai.
On the 20th July Mr. Muhammad Jaffer, sub-postmaster, Dubai,
left for Pakistan, on leave. On the 17th August, Mr. H.C.
Breach, Superintendent, British Post Office,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
arrived at Sharjah from Bahrain by air. He inspected Dubai
Post Office and returned to Bahrain by steamer on the 19th.
8. SHIPPING .
During the period under report 43 ships called at
Sharjah and 80 ships at Dubai.
9. AIJTI-LOCUST WORK .
On 26th January a Pakistan anti-locust team under
Mr. H.M. Abbas arrived in
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. After carrying
out a brief survey in the coastal areas, the team operated
control measures in March against locusts which were^ breeding
in the Marmoum area 35 miles South East of Dubai. Mr.
R. Waterston, F.R.S.E., arrived in
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
on 21st
April to study the situation and 3rd. May Mr. G. Popov of
Desert Locust Survey arrived to take charge of operations.
The work was hindered throughout by lack of adequate transport
and funds and by the opposition of the Huler 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 Fast Africa High Commission. • On 9th November,
Mr. G. Popov arrived in Sharjah to organise the winter’s
campaign. 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 UnitR is to penetrate the interior of Oman as
far as possible and to obtain detailed topographical in
formation and to study locust breeding, whilst the control
unit is to deal with swarms in the coastal areas.
Mr. K. Stephenson, F.R.E.S., Director of Desert
Locust Survey, Nairobi, arrived in
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 conditions and left on 15th.
10. pFTROLFUM PFVEL0PMLN^ ( 1 RUCIAL COAST) LIMITED .
Throughout 1949, the Company continued its detailed
exploratory operations in the area of the Jebel All and of
the sands immediately fringing the Abu Dhabi Sabkha. A rapid
seismic survey was also made on the Coastal Strip between
Dubai and Umm al Quwain.
In early August, an unloading camp was established
on the shores of Khor Ghanadah, a creek in Abu Dhabi ter
ritory, capable of harbouring not merely launches, but also
the Company’s landing ship, S.S. Jassura. At this camp
vehicles, stores and equipment were landed and a drilling
camp was established at Ras Bear, some 10 miles south west
of Ghanadhe. 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 ...
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/305
- Title
- 'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 91r:95v, 98r:103v, 105r:122v, 140r:141v, 153r:185v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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