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'Administration Reports for 1947' [36r] (71/128)
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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between the Commander, the Political .Agent and His Highness*
XI* BQl4L.,,.4lB-IQECa A
The Royal Air Force established a small standing camp at
Bunaid-Al-Oar which was used throughout ^the spring months by
officers and other ranks of the Royal Air Force on week-end leave*
XII. KWaIT OIL -CQffiAlff » ■
The year 1947 was the fdirst complete year of oil production*
A quantity of 1,925,476 tons was produced and subsequently shipped
by tankers* Satisfactory progress ?/as made on the Company’s
installations in spite of shortage of supplies from the United
Kingdom and the United States of America. In addition to the new
producing wells completed during the year further development
continued in the oil fields such as the laying of pipe-lines,
erection of storage tanks and additional oil handling facilities.
The Company’s housing scheme has also progressed satisfactorily.
Arrangements have been made to build an oil loading jetty
near the submarine pipe-lines at Fahahil together with cargo off
loading facilities and a small boat harbour. On the completion of
these the company will be able to ship large quantities of crude
oil.
The increase in staff during the year is shown by the
following figures of the company’s personnel strength.
1S46
1947
Senior Staff
78
409
Junior Staff
144
393
Foreign Artisans
218
1266
Local labour.
1193
4317
isM
6385
XIII. THE IMPERIAL .BAHK -QF..IHA^
The Bank continued to have the confidence of the public and
consequently there has been a substantial increase in deposits and
in documentary credits.
With the readier availability of supplies from the United
Kingdom and the facility given to importers Tor most of the year of
purchasing goods from various European countries against payment in
sterling, the sterling exchange at the Bank’s disposal was fully
employed in the constitution of credits and in payment of document
ary collections received from abroad. The chief imports fromthe
United Kingdom were cement, electrical equipment, piecegoods, bicyc
les. radios, and cigarettes but it was easier to obtain rayon,
cotton and woollen piecegoods from Italy than from the. United
Kingdom.
Sterling sold by the Kuwait Oil Company to the bank increase
steadily and, aT the end of the year approximated to £200,000
per month*
Z The exchange
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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