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la t ter of an automatic telephone system in Bahrain,
Plans to this end showed no progress by the close
of the year.

25. BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION.
The anticipated stepping up of frequency of
services to serve the Far "astern theatre of war
developed for the first half of the year. Due to the
sudden collapse of hostilities with Japan it was evident
towards .the latter half of 1945 that the frequency of
services would tend to decline, especially in regard
to the R.A.F. Flying Boat Refors Programme which was
planned by and for .vhose handling the Corporation ?.*as
responsible.
The Corporation's scheduled Sunderland services
which transit Bahrain were extended from Calcutta to
Rangoon in October.
In the first half of the year the greater
portion of the passengers was Service personnel - transient,
embarking and disembarking. Towards the latter part
of the year this proportion diminished and the:.majority
of passengers carried was civilian, both Eastbound and
Westbound.
It is expected that a Trunk Route Service
will shortly be introduced from the United ?:ir.gdcn
to the Far East calling en route at Bahrain thrice
weekly.
A Lockheed Lodestar Service may be instituted
once weekly between Cairo and Bahrain touching at
Basra, Eagiidad and Damascus.
The following is a table of statistics for
the year:-

Servlces
Sunderland 739
"C" Class 390
"E" Class 286
"LI" Class 6
Dakota 7
Lancastrian 1
Lockheed 1
Total .1,480
R.A.F. Services
Sunderland 108
Catalina 27
Total 135

Total number of passengers enbarkedi-
Eastbound 996*
Westbound 2056
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