'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930' [37r] (78/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 29 Feb 1922-30 Mar 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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nee and we all get a change of
imate of the above named ex-
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000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
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> Sultan is willing to spend even
to relieve his subjects from
is great progress, as well as a
value of modern medicine,
rst time the Mission had the
y Shukra, Aneiza, and Boreida.
.rst time a doctor ever came to
in each place our professional
•eat demand. If we could only
a few more times a permanent
srvices would soon be felt,
r, in the month of July, was in
;al of Hassa. Here the Mission
grangers, as several visits have
lere is also a good deal of travel
d Bahrein.
for its many springs and large
id we arrived in the fruit season,
ious water-melons, cantaloupes,
figs and dates.
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Hofhoof is a great center for Bedouins ; in fact
several thousand live just outside the town, and
many more come from the surrounding desert to
trade their dihn and wool for wheat, dates and
clothing.
In August we spent five days in Kateef, where we
were called to see a special case. Kateef has been
open to the Mission for years but it is some time
ago now that a medical tour was made to that
needy, malaria-ridden district.
An interesting summary of these trips shows
that we spent forty-seven days travelling, divided
as follows : on donkeys, four days; in sailboats,
eight days; on camels, thirty-five days.
The total number of treatments given in these
tours were ; clinic treatments, 9,318; Neo-salvarsan
injections, 120; and the operations performed were;
major, 165 ; minor, 361.
Always after reporting a tour, no matter how
successful it has been, we cannot help but express
our regret that during this time the home base has
to be neglected. For the Mason Memorial Hospi
tal receives patients from all parts of the Persian
Gulf and even from areas far into Persia and
Arabia. Some patients travel twenty and thirty
days to get here. It is pathetic when after such
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The volume 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. , as well as the reports themselves.
Present within the volume are the reports for the years 1921-1930. Each report contains a prose statement and statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Local Government Officials; Bahrain State; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Oil Concession; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Customs; Municipalities; Public Works; Education; Trade; Industry; Boat Building and Shipping; Electric Light/Electric Department; Royal Navy; Royal Air Force; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of Government (British) Officials; Visits of Arab Notables; Nejd; Qatar; Slavery; Climate; General. 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.
Also included in the file 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 some of the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, and doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals and schools.
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- 1 volume (233 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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 sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930'
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- 30r:40r, 126r:127v
- Author
- Dame, Dr Louis Paul
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