'File 6/89 Water supply for Manama' [‎3v] (6/46)

Content

The file contains correspondence relating to a scheme for a water supply for Manama, Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and the Bahrain State Engineer (Hubert Poyntz-Gaynor Leigh). The file includes:

• a draft of the initial proposal, written by WB Steele, the State Engineer, with details of pumps, storage, mains, control, and drainage (folios 3-6);
• excerpts from minutes of the Anti-Malarial Committee meetings of 16, 22, and 29 July 1940 relating to the proposal (folios 7-9);
• correspondence concerning all aspects of the scheme, including its revival and expansion after the end of the Second World War;
• Government notices and circulars related to the scheme.

Folios 19-21 are internal office notes.

Extent and format

1 file (21 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; 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 2-17; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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