'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1938' [22v] (44/60)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 1939. 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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(iv) At the end of the year the Company's employees numbered as
follows :—
British ........... 224
Americans . .... r ... . 90
British Indians . . . . . . . . . 422
Bahrainis .......... 1,596
Others . . . ...... . . ... 286
(v) Roughly 5,000 barrels of oil daily are now being brought by barges
from the California Arabian Standard Oil Company's oil field in Dammam,
to be refined in the Bahrain Petroleum Company's Refinery.
The following refined products are being exported :—
Ethylized Gasoline
Straight Gasoline
Kerosene
Diesel Oil
Fuel Oil
Shipments are chiefly to India, South Africa and Australia.
(vi) Construction is still continuing, though on a reduced scale. Plans
have been approved for the installation of a polymerization plant in 1939.
Living and recreational facilities have been considerably improved.
(vii) Mr. F. A. Davies representing the Bahrain Petroleum Company
and Major Frank Holmes, representing Petroleum Concessions, Limited,
were for some weeks in Bahrain for the purpose of negotiations for the Un
allotted Area.
7. Agriculture.. —Tne agricultural expert lent to the Bahrain Govern
ment by the Government of India spent two months (from the 5th March
to the 14th May 1938) in Bahrain survejdng possibilities of agriculture, but
at the time of writing his report is still awaited—with much diminished
patience.
8. Customs. —The customs revenue amounted to Rs. 11,58,547 during
the year as compared with Rs. 10,27,154 during 1937. Of this amount
transit duty on shipments to the mainland and other parts amounted to
Rs. 2,19,942 as compared with Rs. 1,08,561 during the previous year.
9. Municipalities.—Manama. —Experiments in constructing a section
of metalled road were begun towards the close of the year. A new road was
opened from Suk al Araba' to Barrett street.
Muharraq. —Work was begun at the end of the year on the sea road
from Muharraq to Busaitin.
10. Public Works. —A dispensary and out-patients building, with a flat
for the State Medical Officer, were nearing conpletion at the end of the year.
Work was also begun on the new State Hospital.
A P. W. D. shed was completed, and also 12 married quarters for Police
Non-Commissioned Officers at the Fort.
Towards the end of the year, the extension of the Customs pier to reach
deep water, where dhows can unload at all tides, was begun.
11. Electric Department. —A new 300 kilowatt generating set was
installed during the year to deal with extra load.
The Municipal ice plant operated throughout the summer, but is still
inadequate to supply local demands.
12. Education—
Number of schools on the 1st January 1938 .... 10
Schools opened during the year ...... A T t7.
Schools closed during the year ...... Nil.
Students on rolls on the 1st January 1938 . . . . 1,113
Students on rolls on the 31st December 1938 .... 1,317
Teachers on the Ist January 1938 ...... 42
Teachers on the 31st December 1938 ..... 45
In the spring of the year, a new wing for teaching engineering and welding
work w T as added to the Bahrain Government Technical School.
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The file consists of Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1938 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1939).
The Report is divided into sections relating to the various agencies, consulates, and other regions that made up 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. . There is a review of the year by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at the start of the Report. The Report includes lists of British personnel and foreign representatives; lists of British interests; details of local administration; military and naval matters; aviation; political matters; manumission; trade and commerce; shipping statistics; medical reports; meteorological details; notable events; oil; and related information.
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There is a list of contents at the front of the Report, f. 3.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 30 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears 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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