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                  of all Government employees, provision for
                  sevoral additional magiotrateB and Kadis and
                  u slight inoreaso in the olerioal staff.
                       Municipalities. Us 50,000/-.   The two

                  municipal oounoils, lion amah and Muharr&q,
                  used oaoh to reoeivo a monthly subsidy of
                  Rs 2,000/- from the Government,   In 1350,
                  owing to the need for urgent eoonomy, these
                  subsidies wore reduood by !5(0(f>.  Now that
                  State finanoes have improved the subsidies
                  have been restored to the original amount and
                  in addition Rs 2,400/- has been provided for
                  work in the town of Hedd.   This money will

                  be spent by the Kuharraq Municipal Council
                  in Hedd.
                       Medical Servloes. Kduoation, Contingencies
                  and Publio Y/orks. The allocation under these
                  headings is approximately the some as in the
                  last Budget. Modioal services includes the
                  State’s contributions to the pay of the Quarantine
                  Medical Offioer, the upkeep of the Muharraq dis­
                  pensary and the pay of the Indian doctor.

                       Publio works consists of upkeep and repairs
                  to existing government buildings but it does not
                  inolude any major new works.
                       3. The Supplementary Budget. Anti Malarial
                  measures. On completion of the financial year
                  the State had a surplus balanoe of h 4,76,000/-
                  and a Reserve fund of Rs 2,00,000/-. from the
                  surplus balanoe Ri 2,00,000/- was transferred to
                  the Reserve fund bringing it up to four la os.
                  from the remainder it is proposed to spend Is —
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