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Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [470r] (939/1148)
The record is made up of 1 file (572 folios). It was created in 18 Aug 1941-31 Jul 1946. 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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The Pol5ce Force carried out its usual training
throughout the year.
As » defence measure,, mounted patrols were carried
out during the year by the camel and horse sections of the
State Police, thus reducing to a minimum the opportunities
of unauthorised persons to enter the island.
The state of public security continued to be satis
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. No serious crimes came to notice during the year
and the decrease in traffic accidents continued.
5. Agriculture
An agricultural expert was obtained from Egypt and
a committee y/ps set up to discuss methods of improving agri
culture in Bahrain.
There has been a tendency among local gardeners to
grow a wider range of vegetables. European vegetables were
grown in the experiment?! gerden at ^udeye, but this did not
prove to be 9 profitable undertaking, owing to the small
number of people who consume th^ju. The date crop was un
usually good during the year and, owing to the great amount
of rain in 1939, grazing was good end lasted well into the
summer.
While they were drilling structure holes for geologi
cal information, the Bahaain Petroleum Company discovered
that there was a danger of artesian wells failing owing to
the excessive use of existing supplies of water. The Bahrain
Government immediately took steps to control water consump
tion by prohibiting the boring of artesian wells without per
mission of the Government and by ordering that the flow of
water from existing wells should be regulated by valves.
6. Mmicipalitles
(1) Manamah
Progress was made in the constructions of new roads.
^n important new rood was built from the Government Hospital
to /■
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This file consists of copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by 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 Bushire for the years 1939-1945.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire Area
- Administration Report for Kerman & Yazd
- Administration Report for Bandar Abbas
- Administration Report for Kuwait Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report for Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report for Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
- Administration Report for Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report for Khorramshahr Consulate
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections that vary according to each report, but include the following topics:
- Personnel
- Visitors
- Foreign Representatives
- British Interests
- Local Administration
- Transport
- Education
- Military
- Aviation
- Political Situation
- Trade
- Medical
- Meteorological
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written 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. .
- Extent and format
- 1 file (572 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 574; 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. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-571; these numbers are written in pencil or crayon and, where circled, are crossed through.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3720A
- Title
- Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:448r, 448r, 449r:573v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence