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File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351 [‎52r] (108/200)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (96 folios). It was created in 3 Jun 1933-27 Jul 1933. 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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Audit.
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During the last month of the year all the government
accounts for the preceding eleven months were audited,
by a chartered accountant from the firm of Whinney
Murray & Uo., who have an agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Baghdad. This is
the first time that any accounts of the Bahrain Govern
ment have been audited. If funds were available I
should recommend that an audit should take place annually.
It was impossible ov/ing to the cost to afford the time
to carry out a complete audit on commercial lines but
sufficient detail was checked to satisfy the auditor
that the accounts were properly kept and the systems
were satisfactory. A number of suggestions were made
which have been adopted since the beginning of the
new year.
■phe auditor reported very satisfactorily on the
accounts of all departments with the exception of the
electric Supply department.
The gist of the report on the various departments
was as follows
Bahrain Govt . Consolidated fund and Deposit account.
Books ?/ell and accurately kept, no alterations
recommended. Suggested that printed • , payslips n should
be introduced to be signed by the .adviser authorising
payments in place of a signature on oxfice notes.
State Police . The separate account kept by the
Police has been closed and the Police account is now
merged into the Consolidated liind. In imprest account
has been opened with the Police and all payments outside
this account are made from the Consolidated Bund direct.
^ tnere is at present no Police Officer tne new arrange
ment is particularly convenient.

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The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1351 AH. The report 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, Percy Gordon Loch, 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 8-83), submitted in June 1933, is divided into sections corresponding to a particular subject, as follows: Revenue and Expenditure; Pearl Industry; Police and Public Security; Judicial; Land Registrations; Education; Manamah Municipality; Muharraq Municipality; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Sunni Wakf Department; Shia Wakf Department; Audit; Imperial Airways; Press Propaganda; Counterfeit Coins; Death of Shaikh Sir Isa bin Ali [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], accession of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]; Bahrain Electric Supply; Customs; General; Miscellaneous.

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1 volume (96 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 98; 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 12-83; these numbers are also written in 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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