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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1936' [27r] (53/74)
The record is made up of 1 file (35 folios). It was created in 1937. 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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though methylated spirit is denaturalised and every effort made to suppress
this form of evil.
Partly owing to the amount of traffic on the roads at night there has
been no cases of dacoity during the year.
There has been no change in the organisation of the naturs who have
carried out their duties satisfactorily under the various Amirs. A natur
post has been opened at Budaiyah.
5. Local Affairs. —(i) On the night of the 15/16th December a serious >
fire broke out and destroyed the vegetable and wood markets. Almost the
entire stock of firewood in Manamah was burnt. His Excellency Shaikh
Sir Hamad bin 'Isa A1 Khalifah, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Ruler of Bahrain,
contributed Rs. 2,000 and the Bahrain Government Rs. 2,000 to the perma
nent fund of the Manamah Municipality for fire relief victims to be allocat
ed by the Council among the sufferers from this fire.
(ii) A party of small boys, who were playing in a water channel at
Shakhura village, chanced upon a concealed hoard of gold coins, which
tumbled out of an hole in the bank on the site of an old house. A number
of the coins were found to be Turkish coins of the time of Sultan 'Abdul
Hamid bin Ahmad" (A. H. 1187). One coin was, however, a Venetian gold
ducat of A. D, 1280—89,
6. The Bahrain Petroleum Company, Limited. —(i) Mr. G. jW. R.
Smith acted as Chief Local Representative throughout the year.
(ii) Mr. B. A. Skinner acted as Resident Manager throughout the
year.
(iii) Work on the Refinery proceeded apace during the year. The
construction work was not, however, completed, as it had been hoped, by
the end of the year.,
(iv) On the night of 18/19th April a small section of the temporary
British personnel employed in connection with the construction of the Refi
nery, who had for some time been giving trouble, started a real "Rough
House" in the course of which the Resident Manager, who had attempted
to quiet the disturbance, was assaulted and several persons more or less
badly hurt. 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.
's help was invoked by the Company.
Special Constables were appointed and on one night when serious trouble
appeared possible, a strong party of Bahrain Police, under the Commandant
of Police (Mr. C. Dalrymple Belgrave), was stationed on the outskirts of
the Camp until early the next morning. Four of the ringleaders were on
the 25th April repatriated under Section 21 (1) of the Bahrain Order in
Council.
(v) 500,400 tons of crude oil and 9,200 tons of fuel oil were shipped
rom Bahrain during the year in forty-one tankships of various nationali-
ties (8 American 16 Norwegian, 6 British, 3 Danish, 5 Japanese, 2 Italian
and 1 French), the total royalty due to the State amounted to Rs. 17,83,600.
(vi) On the 31st December the Company's employees by nationalities
numbered:—
Americans ,
European British subjects
Indian British subjects
Bahrainis ',
Others
153
157
323
3,747
658
7. Agriculture —The question of re-establishing the Department of
Agriculture, which was closed owing to financial stringency, has been under
consideration.
8. Customs. —The Customs revenue amounted to Rs. 8,12,417 as com
pared with Rs. 6,31,779 collected during the previous year. Of this
amount transit duty on shipments to the mainland amounted to Rs. 1,19,350
compared with Rs. 84,455 during the previous year^
40 (C) ExAffairsDept.
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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 1936 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1937).
The Report, prepared 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. , summarises important information relating to the Gulf and notable events in the Gulf during 1936. The Report contains a review 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. , and separate sections on each of the agencies, consulates, and other areas that made up the 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. . The information provided includes lists of personnel, local administration, military and naval matters, aviation, the political situation, trade and commerce, medical reports, meteorological reports, and related information.
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- 1 file (35 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of the Report, on folio 2.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 37 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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- Title
- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1936'
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- front, front-i, 2r:36v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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