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'Administration Reports for 1947' [7r] (13/128)
The record is made up of 1 file (62 folios). It was created in 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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6. I MUNICIPALITIES
Badly needed work was begun to metal the main roads
in Manama. The Municipalities were able during the year to
acquire more vehicles which helped considerably. Four Kesidential
houses were completed and let in the Municipal Garden. The
garden itself has been greatly improved.
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7. PUBLIC jVORKS
The new customs sheds were completed, the buildings
being roofed with asbestos sheetings and having cement floors.
A new Passport Office and a shed for the inspection of passe-ngers''
luggage were also built at the entrance to the pier. The P.W.D.
Office, stores, sheds and Officer-in-Charge, P.W.D’s flat were
completed and work was begun on the nine shops in Barrett Road
on the site of what was formerly the customs import shed. Material
for the new buildings took two years to arrive from the date of
ordering.
Mr. Stanley Kills was appointed as Officer-in-Charge
the P.W.D.
Work was started on the installation of the ’Water
Supply in November 1947 and 20% of the work had been completed
by the end of the year. Supply is expected to be in part
operation by July of this year, and if equipment is forthcoming
from England it should be complete by the end of October.
Operation however is dependent on the requisite supply of
electricity.
8 . EL ECTRIC DEPARTMENT
Supply remained well in arrear of demand owing to
the breakdowns of one generating set in the middle of August,
this loss being partially remedied by assistance from the R.A.F.
Station; and made up in the winter months so far as actual
present consumers are concerned by the installation of a new set.
The gap between supply and demand still potentially persists
however, and is bound to be realised again next summer particularly
when it is remembered that many consumers will be without air-
conditioning and even sufficient electric lighting, and that
the automatic Telephone and the Water Supply schemes may be
held up for lack of current. This is all the direct result of
the Bahrain Government’s failure to take its own electrical
Engineers’ advice given in 1944 to order then sufficient new
generators to meet the estimated (now well realised) demand.
T RANSPORT DEPARTMENT
During the year the Government Garage carried out
the major repair and servicing of all Government vehicles
totalling 62 in all. 6 Humber Station wagons were received from
the United Kingdom and 3 Dennis five tonners and 2 Austin
Tipping trucks were purchased locally during the year. Spare
parts for these vehicles were purchased upto the value of
Rs. 80,958/- from the United Kingdom.
10. TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT
The total number of subscribers at the end of the
year was 131 and many additional applications for telephones
were refused owing to the commencement of work on the new
Automatic system.
11. PEARLING
The pearl industry suffered a severe set back owing
to the embargo imposed by the Government of India in July 1947.
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The file contains unpublished typescript Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the year 1947, starting with the Report of 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. , Bahrain, followed by Reports for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain (including 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); the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait; and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat. The Reports cover political developments; oil and oil companies; aviation matters; trade and economic matters; lists of officials; details of local government; Ruling Families; customs; shipping; transport; communications; the administration of justice; medical matters; Royal Navy (RN), Royal Indian Navy (RIN), and Royal Air Force (RAF); notable visitors to the Gulf; meteorological information; slavery and piracy; pearling; date gardens in Kuwait; French and American interests in Muscat; missionary work in Muscat; a report on Gwadur [Gwadar] written 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. , Muscat; and a separate report on Guadur [Gwadar] written by the Administrator there.
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The Report of 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. , Bahrain appears at the front of the file, followed by the Reports of the various Political Agencies.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 62, the last folio but one before the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- Title
- 'Administration Reports for 1947'
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- front, front-i, 2r:63v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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