'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930' [120r] (244/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 29 Feb 1922-30 Mar 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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Pearling industry C?ontd «
divers have no organisation and there is no
v/ay of ascertaining their views. In this case,
without doubt, they would not have favoured the
reduction. The divers as a class are absolutely
uneducated and are incapable of appreciating
any attempts to improve their condition. They
never consider the future and do not themselves
mind in the least being in debt for their
lifetimes. Attempts to legislate for their
benefit are invariably dis-appointing as the
divers themselves, do not, at the time, appreciate
such action. The r eductions were made on the
representations of narkhudas and tar jars, who saw
they would probably be unable to finance their
divers if the rate was as high as last year, as
it was in strict accordance with the principles of
diving reforms whose object is the gradual abolition
of debts and advances, it was sanctioned by the
Government.
Individual divers, with whom the subject has
been discussed, profess to appreciate the object,
but that as the last season was a poor one
the tesquam should not have been reduced#
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , as well as the reports themselves.
Present within the volume are the reports for the years 1921-1930. Each report contains a prose statement and statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Local Government Officials; Bahrain State; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Oil Concession; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Customs; Municipalities; Public Works; Education; Trade; Industry; Boat Building and Shipping; Electric Light/Electric Department; Royal Navy; Royal Air Force; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of Government (British) Officials; Visits of Arab Notables; Nejd; Qatar; Slavery; Climate; General. Each subject comes under its own sub-heading. Each report is signed by the officiating 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. at the time of submission to 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 Bushire.
Also included in the file is correspondence between 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. and some of the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, and doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals and schools.
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- 1 volume (233 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/296
- Title
- 'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930'
- Pages
- 106r:122v, 129r:141v, 169r:172v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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