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'File 8/9 Bahrain Government Annual Report' [111r] (226/298)
The record is made up of 1 volume (145 folios). It was created in 16 Jul 1930-11 Jul 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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resented by landlords who, with some justification, complained
that tenants einwAd should take the good years with the bad
years; if the crop had been extra heavy they would not have
paid higher rent so it was unfair that they, the landlords,
should be made to suixer. In a few cases the assessors found
that they crops exceeded in value the amount of the leases fce*
but on the whole the crops did not produce sufficient to cover
the leases.
In Bahrain it is usually found that there are more people
wishing to lease gardens than there are gardens available, so
the leases are auctioned and frequently the Bahama take a gar
den for more than it is really worth with the result that they
are generally unable to pay the whole rent but in almost all
cases the landlord waives some percentage of the amount, or if
the tenant leases it again for another two years, his back
rent is added to the new lease, which is an unsatisfactory
system. The payments are made partly in cash and partly in
kind, usually at the time of the date crop and occasionally if
they are not paid the tenant disposes of the crop and declares
that he has no money. In the case of one garden belonging to
H. E. Shaikh Earned the tenant, a very old man owed Rs 16,000/-
and eventually paid nothing. He was made bankrupt and his
belongings were sold but they only received realised a few hun
dred
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, in another case a tenant of Shaikh Mohamed bin
Isa failed to pay an accumulated lease of about Rs 8000/- and
the landlord lost the whole amount. It is incidents such as
these which have provoked in the past retaliatory attacks by
landlords on their tenants.
Since the introduction, about eight years ago, of govern-
ment leases of over Rs 50/- per annum, and which extend for two
years, the system has greatly improved.
The prospect of the next date harvest is very good and
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The volume contains the annual Government of Bahrain reports for the years AH 1348 and 1349. Both reports include budgets for the upcoming year and are written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.
The reports are submitted by Belgrave to 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. at Bahrain, Charles Geoffrey Prior, who then forwards them to 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bushire. The correspondence relating to this process are included in the volume.
The 1348 report (folios 8-68), submitted in July 1930, is divided into sections corresponding to a particular subject, as follows: Budget 1349; Notes on Budget, for 1349; Notes on Revenue for 1348; Notes on Expenditure; Education; Judicial; Public Works; Wakf Departments; Municipalities; General.
The report includes an index (folio 8) which lists the sections in alphabetical order, with reference to page numbers. Most of these page numbers are not present in the document itself.
The 1349 report (folios 76-134), submitted in July 1931, is divided in a similar way, as follows: Budget 1350; Statements of Receipts and Expenditure; Comparative analysis; The Pearl Industry; Police and Public Security; Land Department; Education; Manamah Municipality; Muharrak [Muharraq] Municipality; Agriculture; Quarantine; Electricity; Press Propaganda; General. There is no index.
Folio 69 is a letter from Belgrave to Prior regarding two Bahraini boys educated at the American University of Beyrout [Beirut].
Folios 135-37 are correspondence between Prior and Claud Cranbrook Lewis de Grenier, Director of Customs at Bahrain, regarding a recent drop in trans-shipment duty in Bahrain.
The volume contains the following photographs:
- Jaffariah School (folio 45);
- Manamah-Muharrak [Manama-Muharraq] Bridge (two photographs, folio 46);
- a new "sea road" north of the Customs House (folio 57);
- a new quarantine site (two photographs, folio 115).
Folio 116 is a blueprint of the new quarantine.
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- 1 volume (145 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 147; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 25-70; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/306
- Title
- 'File 8/9 Bahrain Government Annual Report'
- Pages
- 6r:69v, 73r:134v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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