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'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930' [200r] (404/474)
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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pearls to India are not ‘believed to have sold half of them,
and it is feared that conditions may be nExtworse next year.
The total value of trade amounted to Rs 4,04,45,915, ag
as compared with Rs 3,71,26,590 in ^ ear ’
total value of Imports amounted to Rs 2J&0'fi9 r 35QX as agaist
Rs 2,50,79,350 in the preceding year. The Exports amounted
to 1,36,94,448 as against 1,20,47,240 in the preceding year, 1)11
J 7 7 | 11
but this figure is not accurate since few of the pearls ex
ported are declared^ at the proper value, if declared at all.
The prices have come down in the boat building in
dustry, and a number of launches were made. Kelvin engines
upto 72 H.P. are successfully put into locally made hulls, and
appear quite satisfactory.
130 British and 10 Oennan ships entered the port ,
during the year, as compared with 96 British and 7 Oeniian \
vessels during the past year. The increase in British ships
is principally due to the more frq^uent arrival o^ Strick
Ellerman vessels, the Persian Customs difficulties having
made transhipment at Bunder Abbas impossible. The change is
all to the advantage of Bahrain, and though the Strick
cargoes are not heavy, they will no doubt increase.
The S.S. Barenfels of the Hansa Line ran aground
on the Pasht Adhbal. This is the third stranding on this reef
in three years, and a powerful light is urgently required
either on the Pasht Adhbal or somewhere on the 10 fatnom line ^
to tne north of it. The tonnage of the vessels entering Banrai
is a quarter of the tonnage of vessels entering the port of
Basra ( excluding Abadan ) but though the Basra lights are
innumerable Bahrain has but two. The matter is being represent
ed.
The following visits were paid by His Majesty's
Ships
14-16 Jamuary H.M.S. Triad .
1st April " Lupin.
18th April " Crocus.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (233 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/296
- Title
- 'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:29v, 47r:104v, 123r:125v, 128r:128v, 151r:168v, 178r:234v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence