'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎113r] (225/416)

i m ) H -^ L S ; ‘ 2 unean T, a ? ld the First Destroyer Flotilla, accompanied by
tbe &emor Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, in H. M. S. “ Shoreham
arrived on the 7th October and left for Basrah on the 12th. The usual courtesies
vere exchanged and the visit was the occasion of a combined parade of Landing
Parties from the Flotilla and the Bahrain Armed Police. The salute was taken
IDs hiXcellency Sliaikli Hamad bm ’Isa A1 Kalifah. The moral effect of the
visit of the Flotilla has been excellent. The Arab population of the Persian
(xiilt has noted our strength and information from a number of sources tends
o show that the visit of the Flotilla has resulted in British Shipping being
treated with more respect and less petty obstruction on the Persian Coast than
lias been the case for some time.
(iv )His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Squadron
Vice-Admiral M. E. Dunbar-Nasmith, V.C., C.B., in H. M. S. “ Hawkins ”, paid
Bahrain a visit from the 6th to 10th November.
. *1') M- 8 -“ Colombo ” of the Fourth Cruiser Squadron was at Bahrain
from the lith to 21st December.
18. Royal Air Force.—(i )Flying Boats of No. 203 (F.B.) Squadron, Koval
Air Force, paid frequent visits to Bahrain and Wapiti aeroplanes of No. 84
bquaaron, Koval Air Force, came on a number of occasions.
n f Ran SO°n Flying Boat made a forced landing at Ras al Bidyah on
the^4th July and a Wapiti aeroplane sank through the surface of the Manamah
landing ground on the 25th July and broke a propeller. The machines left
without incident m both cases after repairs had been effected.
(m) In June 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. returned in a Rangoon Flying
Sharjah after a tour of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in H. M. S. “ Fowev ”.
August he again visited Sharjah by Flying Boat.
Boat from
On the 7th
19. Aviation.—(i) Imperial Airways, Limited, have continued to use the
landing ground at Muharraq, as it was found that the Manamah landing ground
was too soft for heavy aeroplanes of the Hannibal type.
{ii) On the 31st March Imperial Airways’ east bound aeroplane, Hanno
made a forced landing at Jubail owing to bad visibility. She was, however 1
rendered assistance by the local people and arrived at Bahrain on the following
day. ^
(m) The amount of mails, both to and from Bahrain, carried by air shows
a steady increase.
M Mr. Maurice Wilson, a British aviator, landed, without permission at
Muharraq in his Moth GABJC on the 31st May. As the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. is not
open to private filers he was not allowed to leave Bahrain until he gave an under
taking that he would not proceed to Sharjah. He left to return to Basrah on
the following morning, but it was later heard that he had flown direct to Gwadur.
In justice to him it should be added that the strength of the wind against
him would have prevented his reaching Basrah.
. 20. British Interests. —(i) Mr. J. Russell of the Mesopotamia Persia Cor
poration, Limited., held charge throughout the year. The Mesopotamia Persia
Corporation, Limited, are also agents in Bahrain for Imperial Airways, Limited.
(ii) Mr. D. Ham held charge of the Eastern Bank, Limited, throughout the
year.
(Hi) Messrs. A. H. T. Chisholm, A. C. Sampson, A. F. Williamson and
R. H. Arnold of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, passed through
Bahrain frequently on their way to Dohah in connection with oil negotiations
with the Shaikh of Qatar.
(iv) Major Frank Holmes resigned his appointment of Chief Local Re
presentative, The Bahrain Petroleum Company, Limited, and left for the United
Kingdom on the 21st September. Mr. E. A. Skinner, the Company’s Fields
Manager, is acting as Chief Local Representative.
21. Post Office. — (i) During the year three thousand nine hundred and
fifty-one registered letters -were received and three thousand one hundred and
thirty-four despatched as compared with three thousand nine hundred and seven
registered letters received and three thousand two hunderd and one despatched
during the previous year. Three thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight
parcels were received and two hundred and thirty-four despatched and stamps
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