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13. ‘File 16/17 i Agency Gardens’
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- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to purchases for and the maintenance of the Bahrain Political Agency gardens. The file’s correspondents include: the Political Agent (Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch); representatives of the Manama Municipality (writing in Arabic); horticultural suppliers, including Pestonjee P Pocha & Sons of Poona, Bliss & Company of Karachi, and Imperial Chemical Industries (India) Limited; Nora Loch (née Dalyell), wife of the Political Agent Percy Gordon Loch.Papers relating to purchases made for a range of supplies (including flower and vegetable seeds, bulbs, plants, garden implements, manure, artificial fertilizer, labour) include advertisements, order forms, bills, receipts, and price lists, and correspondence confirming arrangements for the delivery of items to Bahrain. Papers relating to the maintenance of the garden include correspondence relating to the recruitment of a gardener from India, water and electricity supply, and damage to a garden water tank.Other items in the file include:a price list of flower and vegetable seeds supplied by Sutton & Sons and imported by Bliss & Company of Karachi, received at the Political Agency in September 1930 (ff 58-59);an illustrated brochure of Christmas gifts for gardens, produced by Pestonjee P Pocha & Sons, received at the Political Agency in November 1930 (ff 73-80);a brochure advertising new year offers for roses, cannas, chrysanthemums, fruit trees and other plants, produced by Pestonjee P Pocha & sons (ff 115-120);a price list of Arthur Yates & Company’s Australian flower and vegetable seeds for 1935/1936, supplied by Bliss & Company (f 172);correspondence dated 1936/1937 between Nora Loch and the curator at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, Roland Edgar Cooper, concerning seeds and plants for the Agency Garden (ff 226-229, f 232);a list of cuttings and seeds planted in the Political Agency garden. The list is divided into sources (the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, local sources, the House of the Binns in Scotland, and Egypt), and arranged alphabetically by each plant’s Latin name, with date (presumably the planting date) and notes on its location (ff 183-225);garden diary entries for the period 16 October 1935 to 6 January 1936 (ff 238-239) and flower lists for the period 13 October 1936 to 21 March 1937 (ff 242-245). These lists are interspersed amongst correspondence sent by Nora Loch, and are likely to have been compiled by her.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 316; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-301, and ff 302-311; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
14. 'File 6/13 II Electric lighting in Manama'
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- Abstract: The file consists of correspondence relating to electric lighting in Manama, Bahrain. The papers cover the requirements for extension of the power network, appointments within the state Electricity Department, and notice of service closures. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), State Engineer (Hubert Poyntz-Gaynor Leigh), and some customers and employees of the Electricity Department.Folios 18-19 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
15. 'File 6/13 Electric Lighting Manama'
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- Abstract: The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), the Government of Bombay (Public Works Department), Callender's Cable and Construction Company Limited, and various departments of the Government of Bahrain. The papers relate to the electrification of the towns of Manama and Muharraq. Several matters are covered, including:the deputation of WL Stevenson, consultant engineer in Bombay, to Bahrain to report on the feasibility of the project (folios 27-29);the cost of the project;issues over the location of the power station;whether the project should be a public or a private concern;the plan to extend power to Muharraq in 1931;maintenance and improvement of the system;emergency and routine shut downs.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 10-153; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.
16. 'File 6/19 Proposed construction of a sea road between Manama and Muharraq Islands'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the planning and construction of a sea road between Manama and Muharraq Island, Bahrain. The correspondence is between the following:the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (usually Charles Dalrymple Belgrave);the Political Agent, Bahrain;the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf;the Government of Bombay, Public Works Department;the Government of India, Central Public Works and Central Revenues Departments;the India Office;members of the ruling Al Khalifah family of Bahrain;a number of construction and engineering companies.The papers cover the period from when Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah expresses interest in the idea of a connecting road, in 1929, to the final completion and naming of the bridge in 1941, during which time the project went into abeyance several times. The documents pertain to the discussions and administration connected to the planning, contracting, delivery, construction and financing of the bridge.Folios 217-236 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 237; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present between ff 2-216; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
17. 'File 6/10 Construction of sea wall, correspondence regarding'
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- Abstract: The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation regarding construction work in and around the sea wall and the Corporation's property in Manama. The papers cover the Corporation's attempts to have a bridge in the sea wall built that will allow boats through and the road adjacent to the site improved, and to secure a guarantee from the government that an area of water belonging to them will not be reclaimed from the sea in the future.Folios 15 and 19 are plans of the area in question.Physical description: The file is arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
18. 'File 6/4 Stores for the Bahrain Municipality; Municipal Tax and Dues'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to administrative, legal, and fiscal matters connected to the Manama Municipality. The correspondence is between the Political Agency at Bahrain, British Consulate at Damascus, Manama Municipality (also referred to as the Baladiyah), Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Frank Holmes of Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, Director of Customs and Port Officer at Bahrain, and a number of Bahrain merchants.The file covers several matters, including:the sourcing and purchase of numerals for housing and street signs in the town;complaints by merchants about customs procedures and the imposition of surtaxes by the municipality;numerous orders of the municipality, such as licensing for dogs, lighting for boats and bicycles, and calls for offers to build a new road in Manama.Folios 12-18 are a report into water sources and quality, and suggested methods of extraction, by Frank Holmes on behalf of Eastern and General Syndicate Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 49; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-28; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
19. ‘16/12 Miscellaneous. Officer Commanding Troops – 3/16thPunjab Regiment. Correspondence with the –’
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- Abstract: Correspondence, financial statements and other papers relating to expenses incurred by the despatch to Bahrain between September 1926 to February 1927, of the 3 Battalion of the 16 (3/16) Punjab Regiment, in response to civil unrest in Manama during 1926. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Controller (or Deputy Assistant Controller) of Military Accounts for the Southern Command & Poona and Bombay District.The first part of the file comprises correspondence relating to proposals for the payment and preparation of accounts for the detachment of the 3/16 Punjab Regiment to Bahrain (multiple copies, ff 4-5, ff 15-16, ff 32-33), and enquiries from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain as to whether the State of Bahrain will bear all expenses associated with the presence of the 3/16Punjab Regiment in Bahrain; a question answered in the affirmative by the Political Agent (f 9, f 13).The second part of the file comprises letters (some with financial statements) from the Controller of Military Accounts for the Southern Command & Poona and Bombay District, to the Political Agent at Bahrain, requesting payment of various costs incurred by the 3/16 Punjab Regiment’s presence in Bahrain. These requests were forwarded by the Political Agent to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. All amounts are given to Indian rupees, annas and pies:pay and allowances for the 3/16th Punjab Regiment, from September 1926 to February 1927 (f 36, f 41, f 70, f 94);expenditure on local purchases and other miscellaneous charges (ff 44-47);cost of rations consumed by the regiment during its stay in Bahrain, with copies of ration returns (ff 52-61);a mileage allowance payable to Lieutenant R C Robinson, Commandant of the 3/16th Punjab Regiment (f 66);pensions contributions for officers and men of the regiment (f 76);shipping costs associated with the passage of the regiment from Bombay to Bahrain in September and 1926, and its return in February 1927 (f 82, f 87).The file also includes proposals for the supply of ice for the regiment in Bahrain (ff 19-21), and a letter (in Arabic and English) from Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah to the Political Agent, dated 18 Sha‘bān 1345 (equivalent to 21 February 1927), expressing his satisfaction at the way in which the 3/16Punjab Regiment carried out their duties while in Bahrain.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 110; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-109; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
20. Government of Bahrain Administration Report for 1926-1937, and Annual Reports for 1937-1944
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- Abstract: This file contains Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937and copies of the Government of Bahrain Annual Reportfor the Hijri years 1356-1363 (1938-1944). Each report appears to be compiled from departmental reports by Charles Dalyrmple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and includes a General Review authored by him. Financial and budgetary details are given for the Bahrain Government, as well as activities in various different areas, including: Pearl Diving, Police and Security, Public Health, Judicial, Public Works, Municipalities, Land Registration, Wakf [Waqf], Education, Minors' Department, and Electric Supply. The reports also contain general information concerning state visits, for example that of ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), and important events, such as the Zubara Dispute and the death of Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah. The reports include photographic images, charts, tables and graphs.Various other Government of Bahrain officials are also associated with the reports, including Mr W B Steele, State Engineer; Group Captain H P G Leigh, State Engineer; Mr C C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer; Mr G W R Smith, Director of Customs, Port Officer and Food Controller; Dr I Davenport Jones, State Medical Officer; Dr R H B Snow, State Medical Officer; Dr M M McDowall, Lady Medical Officer; Dr I M A Doeg, Lady Medical Officer; Mr F J Wakelin, Director of Education; Mr G E Hutchings, Principal of the Technical School; Mrs Marjorie Belgrave; Khan Sahib Mohammed Khalil Memon, Superintendent, Land Registration Department; Mr Mohamed Saleh Shater, Manama Municipality Secretary; Mr Ahmed Al Omran, Muharraq Municipality Secretary; Mr Mohamed Dowaicer, Superintendent of the Minors' Department; and Mr Ibrahim Khalfan, Passport Officer.Physical description: Pagination: These reports have their original pagination sequences, which should be used for referencing. Inserts have not been paginated.Foliation: The volumes have been given one continuous foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. The sequence begins on the front cover of the first report, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover of the final report, on number 349.
21. 'Manama' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:View in Manama, Bahrain through an archway. Figure in the foreground at right.Inscriptions:Below image, in pen: ‘Manama’Below image, in pencil: ‘500’Physical description: Dimensions:54 x 78 mmCondition:The image is in good condition.Foliation:‘500’Process:Silver gelatin print
22. Title deed plan of land at Umm al Hasam, Manamah
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- Abstract: Distinctive features:Title deed plan dated 8th Safar, 1363, corresponding with 3rd February 1944.Shows plot of land situated at Umm al Hasam, Manamah which was exchanged for the land situated in Ghosaibia, Manamah in order to provide space for the Royal Navy base at Jufair.Labelled and coloured for reference with measurements reported.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with wash on tracing clothDimensions:190 x 200 mm, on sheet 266 x 225 mm
23. Title deed plan of land at Ghosaibia, Manamah
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- Abstract: Distinctive features:Title deed plan dated 6th Safar, 1363, corresponding with 1st February 1944.Shows plot of land situated at Ghosaibia, Manamah which was exchanged for the land situated in Umm al Hasam, Manamah in order to provide space for the Royal Navy base at Jufair.Labelled and coloured for reference with measurements reported.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with wash on tracing clothDimensions:140 x 160 mm, on sheet 276 x 225 mm
24. Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and Sitrah Island
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- Abstract: Distinctive Features:Outline hand drawn map showing position of Old Portuguese Ford and British Agency building with coast in Tubli area outlined in red.Physical description: Materials:Pencil and crayon on paperDimensions:200 x 343 mm
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