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'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency' [83r] (165/720)
The record is made up of 1 file (358 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1941-15 Feb 1944. 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) Telephones
Zekrit Jetty and No. 2 Well are connected to
Dukhan Camp by telephone. The Shaikh has been con
sidering a scheme to link up his house at Riyan with
Dohah. The Company was asked to give an estimate
and supervise the work. On receipt of the estimate
the matter was left in abeyance until a later stage
in oil operations when the Ruler hopes to find some
grounds for suggesting that such telephone communica
tion is in the interests of the Company.
(v) 4ir
In 1939 and early 1940 the R.A.F. and British
Overseas Airways Corporation were interested for
various reasons in aerodromes in the proximity of oil
camps. Several possible landing grounds were examined
but it was eventually decided that it was premature
to construct aerodromes until the location and extent
of the oil field became clearer and permanent camps
and an oil terminal could be fixed.
The khor at Zekrit could be used by seaplanes with
the aid of a few buoys.
(e) Water _
To date no potable artesian water has been located and
as has been previously reported geological opinion rules out
the possibility of any substantial supplies becoming avail-
able.
British and Indian staff use Bombay water purchased from
B.I. boats. Bahrain water is provided for Qatari employees.
During 1940 over 2,00,000 gallons of Bombay water and
6,00,000 of Bahrain were transported to Qatar.
(f) Building Construction
In 1940 considerable extensions of the buildings of
Dukhan Camp were carried out which provided work for several
hundred Qataris over long periods. A proper sanitary system
has been installed and all classes of permanent employees
are housed in stone buildings.
A Customs Office (including living quarters for the
Customs Officer) was built at Zekrit at Company expense.
An extension to Zekhrit jetty was put in to give addi
tional shelter to boats lying there.
The Shaikhs take a lively interest in the Company’s
building operations and are very much perturbed when they
are completed and the figures of employment fall.
British and American quarters are air-conditioned.
(g) Health
The climate of Qatar is dryer and healthier than that
of Bahrain and this is reflected in the excellent health of
all classes.
The Company at present supplies free food on a high
standard to all classes of its employees and this no doubt
keeps them fit.
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The file 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. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Office, as well as the reports themselves.
Present within the file are the reports for the years 1940-43. Each Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. report contains a prose statement and sometimes statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Officers; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Bahrain Petroleum Company; Agriculture; Municipalities; Customs; Public Works; Electric Department; Pearling Industry; Boatbuilding and Shipping; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of British Notables; Visits of Foreign Notables; Visits of Arab Notables; Qatar; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Foreign Interests; Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fighter Fund; Accidents Within Port Limits; Education; Royal Air Force Levies; Economic; and Cable And Wireless Ltd. 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.
Each report on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. contains information on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Trucial Shaikhs; British Interests; Tours; Aviation; Royal Navy; Shipping; Medical; Raids and Disturbances; Oil; The [Second World] War; Red Oxide; Pearling; Fighter Fund; Local Affairs; Royal Air Force Levies; Economics; Security; Population.
Preceding each report 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 the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include: Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; the Director of Customs and Port Officer; the Postmaster or sub-Postmaster of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals (men's and women's), the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and the Medical Department of the Bahrain Government; representatives of Bahrain Petroleum Company and Petroleum Concessions Ltd; the Political Officer at Sharjah; and representatives of The Eastern Bank and Cable and Wireless Ltd.
At the back of the file (folios 355-59) are internal office notes.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/299
- Title
- 'File 8/8 II Annual Administration Report of The Bahrain Agency'
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- 79r:92v, 147r:150v, 212r:218v, 327r:331v
- Author
- Packer, Ernest Vincent
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