IOR/R/15/2/1385

The file comprises two sets of correspondence relating to the provision of dock facilities at Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly; Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway; Captain Hugh Rance); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); and representatives of Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited.

The file’s contents are as follows:

• correspondence dated May to June 1945 relating to Gray, Mackenzie & Company’s commissioning of Messrs Holloway Brothers to survey Bahrain Island with a view to the construction of repair workshops and docks, including a request from Holloway Brothers, forwarded by the Political Agent, for maps of the island, and the Bahrain Government’s assent to and comments on the request (ff 4-9);
• correspondence dated November to December 1946, concerning an offer made by Directorate General of Disposals of the Transportation Directorate, New Delhi, to the Government of Bahrain, of one or more 750-ton Admiralty floating docks for use at Bahrain (technical details of the docks given on f 11); an offer not taken up by the Government, although Gray, Mackenzie and Company registered their interest in a smaller floating dock if one were available from the Directorate (ff 10-18).

The file notes at the end of the file make reference to correspondence dated up until 15 February 1947, which is no longer contained in the file.