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No. 728/SF of 1351
Office of the Adviser to
the Government, Bahrain.
Dated. 18th, Rajab 1351
loth Novr. 1932.

H. B. M's Political Agent,
Bahrain.

Sir,
I have the honour to enclose a statement of
revenue and expenditure showing the financial posi­
tion of the State at the end of the first half of
the current year. I consider that the position is
grave especially in view of the present danger which
threatens Bahrain's trade with the mainland.
X' There is a deficiency of half a lac in the total
revenue. Of this amount Rs 42,000/- is due to the
Customs receipts having failed to produce the esti-
mated revenue. A loan of Rs 8,000/- made to Mohd.
bin Subah, head of the bin-Aali tribe in Bahrain,
has not yet been repaid; the apparent deficiency
of Rs 5,000/- under the heading Rents of Government
lands is explainable as this heading includes the
rent for the oil concession not payable until Deoember.

^ ’ On the revenue side the expenditure has exceeded
the budget by Rs 4,465/- but this includes some extra­
ordinary expenditure in connection with disbanding the
Indian police and it is probable that the total expen­
diture on the year will be within the budgeted amount.
£|-To meet the deficiency, after taking over the