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‘File 16/37 Miscellaneous. Monthly reports of locust occurrences in Bahrain– Submission of–’ [200r] (399/612)
The record is made up of 1 file (304 folios). It was created in 20 Jun 1933-2 Jan 1945. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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A. 1
3.
4.
5.
The data on the Desert Locust which appeared
in Bahrain in April 1941.
All actual records of swarms of winded locusts
observed at various points of the country
with the dates of their appearance, their
colour(pink or yellow) and the direction
of the flight.
Whether the swarms alighted, for
how long and whether they fed on wild
or cultivated plants.
Notes on the weather preceding
and accompanying the appearance
of each swarm.
All actual records of the places
where eggs have been laid,either
by local swarms or by the invading
ones with indication as to the
.extent of the infested areas, and the
general character of their soil and
vegetation.
Data on the period during which
locusts eggs have been observed
actually to lie in the ground
before hatching, and on the whether
conditions during the period,
especially immediately before and
during the hatching.
3.
4.
1. V/inged locusts
h&ppEXsit in small
numbers appeared at
the south end of
Bahrain Island in. on
various dates in
April.Colour yellow.
Direction of flight
South West.
Swarms alighted for a
short time only,and fed
on wild vegetation.
The locusts
south wind,
rain.
appeared v/ith
Cloudy but no
No eggs laid.They remained
on the outskirts of the
island and did not reach
date gardens. Soil sandy
and vegetation is the usual
desert plants growing in
winter.
5. Nil
Records of all localities where
hatching and the bands of young
locusts (hoppers) have been
observed.
B. Specimens.
C. Past invasions
D. Local methods of iEEai
locust control.
S. Printed matter relating to
locusts locally available.
6. No hatching has been
observed but a very few
hoppers were noticed
along with the winged
locusts.wkiEkxxhsxtiy
B. None available.
C. No information available.
D. No method but that when the
locusts appear the garden
owners make noise with emptyf-
tins on the walls of their
own gardens to make them
take some other direction.
Some are brought down ?/ith
brooms and eaten.
E. Nil
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Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the occurrence of locust swarms on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file chiefly comprises copies of monthly reports of locust occurrences at Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , submitted by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, at the request of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, Government of India. All reports are marked ‘nil’, meaning no locust occurrences observed, with the exception of those for April 1941 (f 200), August 1943 (f 253), and March 1944 (f 265).
The file also includes:
- correspondence concerning the visit to the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , between January and April 1937, of Reginald Charles Maxwell-Darling of the Imperial Institute of Entomology, London. Correspondence relates to Maxwell-Darling’s travel arrangements, notification of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. rulers of the visit, and difficulties likely to be experienced in travelling into Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] territories (ff 55-136);
- correspondence dated 1937, relating to locust movements in Arabia, in connection to locust movements in India and Iran (ff 145-146, ff 150-152);
- correspondence dated 1943 making reference to the activities of the Anti-Locust Mission on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
- Extent and format
- 1 file (304 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 275-305) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 306; 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 also present in parallel between ff 12-281; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1542
- Title
- ‘File 16/37 Miscellaneous. Monthly reports of locust occurrences in Bahrain– Submission of–’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:56v, 58r:69v, 71r:84v, 87r:87v, 89r:91v, 93r:98v, 100r:116v, 118r:120v, 122r:128v, 132r:135v, 137r:197v, 199r:305v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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