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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [105v] (215/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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9. Municipalities — Manamah. —A large area of the swamp behind the
Mission building, municipal property, was filled in with stone. Owing to
the abnormal heavy mins the reclaimed area has become covered with water
again.
Crude oil is being used on stagnant water near the town and it is gene
rally said that there are many less mosquitoes than there used to be.
A number of roads have been widened and some new roads have been
built such as one through Ras Rumman which joins the Manamah-Muhar-
raq road, and a diversion of the Manamah-New Camp at the place where
the new Direction Finding Wireless Station is being erected.
~ Shaikh ’Abdullah bin ’isa acted as President of the Council for eight
months during Shaikh Muhammad’s absence from Bahrain.
The original subsidy of Rs. 2,000 per month was paid to each of the
Municipalities from 1st Muharram 1355. This payment had been reduced
to Rs. 1,000 per month at the time when cuts were made in all departments.
The Council decided to discontinue the method of employing a contrac
tor to do the town cleaning and undertook the work itself.
Muharraq. —In Muharraq little has been done during the year except
the normal town cleaning and some widening of roads and filling in of the
creek at the Muharraq landing place. The municipality undertook a spe
cial programme of work in Hedd which they have now completed. The
main street was widened to allow cars to reach almost to the end of the
town, the large sewer in the middle of the town has been filled in with
stone and mud, and is now used as a road, and a dispensary was opened in
some buildings which were taken over by the Government for a debt.
10. Public Works. —Work on the following buildings, etcetera was
carried out during the year :—
(1) Manamah-Muharraq road completed except the parapet, up to
the channel.
(2) New Customs House.
‘ (3) Repairs to Fort including a barrack room and armoury.
(4) Dispensaries at Naim and Bilad al-Qadim. !
(5) Two shops in Barrett Street.
(6) Wall in front of the palace and interior repairs.
(7) Usual repairs and upkeep of buildings.
(8) Repairs on Budaiyah road.
11. Electric Department. —The Electric Department made a slight
profit after paying depreciation and all expenses and it is expected that
there will be a larger profit in future years.
The staft of the department are continually occupied in wiring more
premises and the number of people who use electricity for lighting is
steadily increasing but unfortunately the revenue does not increase in pro
portion because there is a tendency to replace high powered lamps by cheap
Japanese low power lamps. During the year a new ice plant was purchas
ed by Manamah Municipality and installed in the power-house. During
the year the Jufair Naval Base was connected with a load of 10 kilowatts
and a printing press with a load of 3 kilowatts.
A new telephone exchange was installed during the year and a day
and night service was introduced at the same time. The Manamah ex
change is now linked up with 114 lines including those of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company.
12. Education. —All schools show an increased attendance. The
public are still asking for more advanced education and especiallv instruc
tion in English. The opening of small country schools at Budai’yah and
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by 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 Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by 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. .
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- 1 volume (510 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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