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'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947' [‎136r] (271/306)

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The record is made up of 1 file (151 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1948-8 May 1948. 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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No. 6 well was completely rigged up and preparations
for spudding were commenced shortly after.
Other well locations were ehosen and preparatory work
was undertaken to ensure that as little time as possible was
spent in bringing the well into operation.
Geophysical Exploration
Geismic purvey
The Independent Prospecting Company continued seismic
work until the end of April and returned at the end of October.
Field work continued progressively towards the end of the year.
(b) Magnetometer and Gravity Meter purvey
The Robert R. Hay Company continued work in Qatar
in April end remained till the end of the month of April
having completed geophysical work on pert of the structure.
The following gives a summary of the personnel
employed by Petroleum Concessions Limited on the Qatar
Peninsula.
British
106
Muscat!
14
American
17
Omani
7
British Indian
161
•Iraqi
2
Portuguese
33
Lebanese
1
Swiss
1
Persian
1
Qatari
2,653
Bahraini
81
Saudi Arabian
2
Kuwaiti
x
Adenl
1
Toni;ap:e
Cargo received during the year represented
12 f 320 tons of which 5452 tons were received from the
United Kingdom and 1534 tons from the United States of
America.
22. CAtLE AND ^IHELFSS LIMIT[T
(1) The Increase of traffic experienced in 1946 was
maintained throughout the year as shown ty the figures below.
The figures exclude traffic in transit for ’Iraq and Iran.
Figures for aeronautical traffic have been included and the
decline shown in the latter part of the year is due to part
of the traffic temporarily being diverted through the
International Aeradio Limited, Uuharraq. The Company have been
unable to provide full services because of the inadequate
power supply efrom the State.
Total .^essa^es
Traffic Figures
Forwarded from Bahrain 31,272
Received from Bahrain 23,494
Transits to or from 51,555
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
1,06,321
36,535
29,299
55,416
1,21,250
48,336
43,329
74,652
1,66,318
Aeronautical traffic for 1947 * 33,469 messages.
(ii) pervious *
/
The short wave marine service was extended from
/ two-half

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1947 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. , as well as the reports themselves.

The correspondence is 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 representatives of institutions active in Bahrain that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Victoria Memorial Hospital; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave); Imperial Bank of Iran; and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Limited. The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. report (folios 94-104) is submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the Political Officer at Sharjah. Both final reports are then submitted by 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 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 Bahrain.

The final report (folios 123-148), which includes the final version of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Report, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. Officers; 2. Bahrain Government Officials; 3. The Al Khalifah; 4. Education; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electric Department; 9. Transport Department; 10. Telephone Department; 11. Pearling; 12. Customs; 13. Food Control; 14. Shipping; 15. Post Office; 16. Administration of Justice; 17. Police; 18. Economic; 19. Medical; 20. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 21. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 22. Cable & Wireless Limited; 23. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 24. Royal Navy; 25. Royal Air Force; 26. American Consulate, Dhahran; 27. Visitors; Local Affairs (unnumbered); 30. Bahrain and Palestine; 31. Weather; 32. Qatar; 33. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Some sections are further divided into parts assigned either a lower case Roman numeral (iv, for example) or a lower case letter of the alphabet (d, for example). Several of these parts also come under a sub-heading.

Also within the file is correspondence (folios118-119) between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and that of Kuwait regarding the cost of lighting and heating in Kuwait and Basra.

Folios 149-152 are internal office notes.

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1 file (151 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside 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 sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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