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'Administration Reports for 1947' [16r] (31/128)
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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13
The main survey was concentrated on the area
from Maqta westwards for approximately 100 miles and covering
the terrain inland to a depth of 50 kilometres.
A further line was run from Jabal Ali east
wards to the main mountain range.
The following gives a summary of personnel
einployed by Petroleum Concessions Limited on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
British 6
Americans 9
British Indian 1
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
99
Bahrainis 4
Museati 1
Portuguese 1
Total 121
QATAR
The rehabilitation of Dukhan Camp continued
throughout the year and many new buildings were completed and
occupied by staff.
• A greater number of industrial buildings have
also been completed and machinery built. Workshops and other
ancillary units have been erected and put into operation.
— c
The progress has indeed been slow, but
this was due to delay in delivery of materials and to lack of
essential fittings which are very difficult to obtain.
Surveys
(a) The complete triangulation of the Qatar
Peninsula to supply control points for aerial mapping was
concluded, was
(b) ,The Aerial survey of Qatar/completed by Messrs.
Hunting Aero Surveys Limited in April.
(c) The land and sea survey of the proposed site
for a terminal loading pointing at A1 Arrif on the east.coast
was commenced. H.M.S. Challenger carried out survey work on
Wakrah and El Arrif.
(d) A survey was commenced on the west coast at A1
Hamlah to provide a large scale contour map of the area which
will eventually contain the industrial Area on the ground
adjoining the seashore with the permanent camp on the high
ground inland with possibly a boat harbour.
- (e) Extentions to the jetty at Zekrit were commenced.
(f) Survey and Construction Camps at Umm Bab and
Umm Musha have been erected and are occupied.
(g) The main arterial road system was commenced and
good progress has been made.
Drilling in Qatar .
No, 4 well was spudded (i.e. the ground was
first broken by a drill) in September and a depth of 5000 feet
was drilled by the end of the year. _
Z No. 5
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/R/15/1/721
- Title
- 'Administration Reports for 1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:63v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence