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File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351 [40r] (84/200)
The record is made up of 1 volume (96 folios). It was created in 3 Jun 1933-27 Jul 1933. 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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(Manemah Municip a1ity}
girders and corrugated iron roof. Rent is paid to
the Municipality by importers who store petrol there,
according to municipal law shopkeepers are forbidden
to store more than a limited number of tins inside
the town area owing to danger from fire.
Artes ian vi ells . Seven artesian wells within the
town were fitted ** with valves and upright pipes*
according to the government’s order. The tanks which
formerly held surplus water, and v/hich bred mosquitoes
have been demolished and the water is available from
taps set along horizontal pipes.
Repercussions from A.P.O.C disunte . When news
reached Bahrain that the Persian government had
cancelled the A*P.0.C agreement meetings were held
among the local Persian community and a rumour was
spread that Bahrain’s supply of petrol and paraffin
Y/ould be cut off. In half a day the price of paraffin
rose to more than double the market price. In order
to combat the profiteering the government arranged for
the municipality to purchase a large amount of paraffin
and sell it at the ordinary price. This was done and
price immediaoely descended to normal. It was after
wards stated that the government itself had bought up
the parafiin and having made a corner it was selling
it at a high price.
Municipal Ice machine. Ice was manufactured during
the summer from electric power and was sold at pies
per pound instead of % pies which was last year’s
price. This is considered a public utility service
ana the municipality contents itself with a small profit
after covering all expenses.
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The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1351 AH. The report is written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.
The report was 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, Percy Gordon Loch, who then forwarded it 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 is included in the volume.
The report itself (folios 8-83), submitted in June 1933, is divided into sections corresponding to a particular subject, as follows: Revenue and Expenditure; Pearl Industry; Police and Public Security; Judicial; Land Registrations; Education; Manamah Municipality; Muharraq Municipality; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Sunni Wakf Department; Shia Wakf Department; Audit; Imperial Airways; Press Propaganda; Counterfeit Coins; Death of Shaikh Sir Isa bin Ali [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], accession of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]; Bahrain Electric Supply; Customs; General; Miscellaneous.
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- 1 volume (96 folios)
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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 98; 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 12-83; these numbers are also written in ink, 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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- File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351
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- 6r:83v, 87r:89v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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