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File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget' [9r] (28/382)
The record is made up of 1 volume (187 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1924-11 Sep 1931. 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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than the actual receipts of 1^48. Unfortunately the
decrease in i349 exceeded my estimation hy Bs.2,33,GOG/-.
The reason for this serious falling off in revenue
is not a local one hut has been caused hy the effects
of the present world wide trade depression which parti
cularly affects a luxury trade such as the pearl industry
on which depends not only the prosperity hut almost the
very existence of Bahrain.
I feel confident that when trade conditions improve
in Europe and America there will he a similar improvement
in Bahrain hut until this occurs the revenue of the
Bahrain. State will decrease. The estimated expenditure
in the new budget has been confined to the narrowest
limits consistent with carrying out the hare administra
tion of the State hut in order to obtain the revenue for
doing this it has been necessary to increase the uhanchia
outy hy an amount which is estimated a s being likely to
produce one
lac
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
as a temporary emergency
measure. This matter is fully explainea in the notes
on the new Budget for 1350.
I have the honour to he,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
1
i
te
3d.C.Dalrejmple helgrave
Financial Adviser to
Bahrain Government.
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Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda relating to the finances of the Bahrain state. The papers cover a number of matters, including the appointment and retention of Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave as Financial Adviser in Bahrain, annual budgets and reports, and the economic situation in the country more generally. Correspondence is between officials at 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and Belgrave himself.
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- 1 volume (187 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 183; 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 3-72, and between ff 93-122; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/1044
- Title
- File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget'
- Pages
- 177r:182v, 160r:160v, 128r:146v, 95r:122v, 86r:87v, 8r:72v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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