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17. Boat Building and Shipping.—(i) There has been no increase in
the number ol launches plying lor hire and 50 were in use on the 31st
December.
(ii) 310 pearling craft were licensed during the year as against 340
licensed during the preceding year. b
(iii) hour motor launches were built during the year and two were
imported into Bahrain.
(iv) 150 British ships, 12 German ships, 9 Japanese ships and 3 Italian
ships entered and cleared the port of Bahrain as compared with 154
British ships, 12 German ships, 5 Japanese ships and 3 Italian ships that
entered and cleared the port during the preceding year.
r -,SV 15 t,anl5s^"Ps [see paragraph 6 (iv)] entered and cleared the port
ol Bahrain during the year under review.
(vi) In May the Lightship “Bahrain” was placed in position by L. T.
Nearebus in latitude 20 '35' N. and longitude 50* 587 E. (approximate).
During heavy weather in September she broke away from her mooring but
was stopped from drifting by the Mooring Master of the Bahrain Petroleum
Company who went out in search of her in the Agency launch “Felix
Jones”. Later she was replaced in position by L. T. Nearchus.
(vii) On the 29th October a Bahrain joliboat laden with petrol and
oil for Bin Sa’ud caught fire within port limits and was completely
destroyed. No loss of life occurred.
18. Naval.—(i) Ii. M. S. Hawkins, flying the Flag of His Excellency
Vice-Admiral F. F. Rose, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station,
visited Bahrain from the 18th to the 21st January. During his stay in
Bahrain Iiis Excellency exchanged calls with His Excellency Shaikh Sir
Hamad bin ‘Isa A1 Khalifah, and visited the Oil Field of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company, Limited. As His Excellency’s visit coincided with
the accession anniversary celebration of His Excellency Shaikh Sir Hamad
bin ‘Jsa A1 Khalifah, he attended a number of functions in celebration of
the event.
(ii) Consequent on the decision to evacuate Hcnjam and Basidu, the
Naval Base in the Persian Gulf was transferred to Bahrain early in April.
Preliminary arrangements had been made to buoy the passage to the new
anchorage in Khor Qalaiyah and to erect beacons and on the 12th April
llis Majesty’s Ships of the Fersian Gulf Division arrived at their new
anchorage. On the 13th April the White Ensingn was hoisted at Jufair
on the flagstaff, which had been brought from Basidu.
(iii) The work of constructing buildings and a pier at Jufair were
undertaken by the Bahrain Government on behalf of the Naval authorities
and by the end of the year the pier had been completed and buildings erected
for aii Officers’ Club, Canteen, quarters for the Clerk-in-Charge and various
other small buildings. The Naval Base was also connected to the Manamah
area
telephone exchange and arrangements were made to supply the Naval ~"-
with electrical energy from the Power House of the Bahrain Government.
19 Aviation.—(i) Flying boats and aeroplanes of the Royal Air Force
have paid frequent visits to Bahrain. The flying boats have used their
moorings in the Khor Qalai’yah and aeroplanes the Civil Landing Ground
at Muharraq. . , _ • *
Cv) The east and west bound services of /Imperial Airways Limited
were duplicated with effect from the 1st January and have passed through
without incident.
(iiEarly in the year Imperial Airways gave up the building they
maintained in Manamah for use as a rest house and tents were erected at
landing ground at Muharraq, where passengers have their meals and
the
can ȣ B. C. H. Cross! Area Manager, dear East Area, Heliopolis,
and Mr. E Wade, Station Superintendent, visited Bahrain in November
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