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'Administration Reports for 1947' [‎15r] (29/128)

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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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(h) Sitra and Sitra Terminal
The erection of thirteen new tanks and
appurtenances was the only major construction started during
the year. ‘There were a few minor additions made to the wharves
and causeway pier-head which included an installation of machin
ery for manufacture of Asphalt drums and installation of a new
IB” fuel shipping line to the new wharf.
V \ '
(i) Drum Plant
No major alterations were made to the Drum
Plant; minor additions were carried out.
(j) Gamp facilities
Additional employees necessitated increased ■
facilities in Awali, 'Thirteen two-bedroom detached houses
have been completed. Eight of the sixteen 1947 type duplex
houses are also.complete, others are nearing completion.
Construction has also started of 20 prefabricated two bedroom
detached houses. The Native hospital including living quarters
is complete and operating, A project to install a pressurized
Zone C water system for gardening and fire fighting has been
started.
(k) Camp Employees
The following gives a summary of the personnel
employed by the Company on their^regular operations and on
additional construction work during the year:-
Americans
155
British
527
Canadians
48
South Africans
11
British Indians
569
Iraqis
10
Bahrainis •
3831
Others
950
Other Europeans
9
6,080
155 (including 53 contractor
Employees)
21, PETRGLBU1 CONCESSIONS Lib IIEP
During the year the geophysical survey party
under the supervision of Mr. Robert E. Ray continued Operations
on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . During January/March they covered the
areas of Ra's al Khaimah, Dhaid and Sharjah. In Has al Khaimah
they v/ere obstructed by tribes feudatory to the Shaikh & as
al Khaimah, until the Shaikh made certain payments to them
from the money he was receiving from the Petroleum Concessions
Limited. * ' ' .
A reconnaissance was made to Buraimi by the
Abu ^habi route and also via Ramlat Anaij.
The survey was continued in October when a line
was run from Maqta (fort at Abu Dhabi) to Buraimi via Bedah
al Ajam and returning by the southern track via Bedah Hammameh.
Jabal Hafit was surveyed, about two thirds of the mountain
bfeing examined, and a line was also run from the north tip
eastwards to the main Oman range.

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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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1 file (62 folios)
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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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