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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [154v] (313/1028)
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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(c) that General Export Manifests would be issued to all craft pro
ceeding with cargo to the mainland, and
(d) that the minimum number of packages which would be allowed
for transhipment at sea would be reduced to 100 .
The agreement also provided, reciprocally, for , the issue of manifests
for cargo shipped from Bahrain or the various Sa udi Arabian ports
10 Municipalities.— Owing to the lack of funds no works of any
magnitude could be undertaken by the Manamah or Muharraq Mumci-
paliUes during the year. Much useful business has, however, been done by
the two bodiel Visitors are invariably impressed by the cleanliness of
Manamah. and Muharraq towns. , . n
11 Public Works. —(i) Through the courtesy of the Bahrain Govern-
ment the State Engineer and Superintendent of the Land Department were
engaged for over six months in supervising the construction of a pier and
various buildings at the Naval Base at Jufair.
(ii) Considerable work has been done on the pro 3 ected causeway
between Manamah and Muharraq. ,
12 Electric Department. units were sold m 1935 as compared
with 97,025 units sold during the preceding year. Consumers increased
from 527 in 1934 to 586 m 1935. , , .
The Naval Base at Jufair was connected to the Manamah electric
svstem during the year by means of an overhead three phase 400 volt line.
The Bate is very completely electrified: besides lights and fans electricity
is used for pumping water, for heating bathwater and for refrigerators
Towards the end of the year a land telegraph line was run fran the
cable hou=e of Cable and Wireless Limited near Jubailah to the Company s
transmitting station at Hora, to connect the submarine cable with the
Wireless and the offices of the Bahrain Petroleum Company,
limited at the New Camp were connected! to the Manamah telephone system
^Education. —There were seven boys’ and girls’ schools in ManMah
and Muharraq with 1184 students on the rolls as compared ^ st " d
on the rolls at the commencement of the precedng 3^35 teachers w
employed by the Bahrain Government on the 31st Decemb .
All the" boys who passed out of the school with sc ^Xa“n P*“
found employment with the Bahrain Government or the Bahra • ient
Company Indeed, the number of boys who thus passed out was insufficient
to fill the posts which were vacant.
Towards the end of the term the girls’ school held ^5? w the
needlework. The work was well done and would find ready sa ,
girls refuse to part with their handiwork. are
The Bahrain Government propose, as soon as su e L sc hools,
available from the oil royalties, to increase the number g
•,-nrl have already opened one new school at bitran.
14 Trade (i) The state of the pearl trade is bad, though the P ear 1 J
season is satd to have been slightly better than in 1934. Buyers no longer
come to Bahrain and the catch is largely taken to Bombay or sa e^
(ii) The total value of imports into Bahrain amounted to Rs. E20,93> Es
(iii) Cargo valued at Rs. 42,22,750 was transhipped f Bahrain
the mainland and other ports as compared with cargo vain
transhipped during 1934.
15. Industries . arp now three
1 §.Athletics .—Interest in ‘soccer continues and there a
hockey teams, t
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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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