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                               approxinately Hi 9,22,000/- slightly logo than

                               the bus allowed for thio purpooe In tho Budget
                               l'or 1255.
                                      lu addition to thio h 50,000/- was spent
                               on tho Yiait of Hla Highness shaikh Sir Hamad
                               to England, this oxpendituro was not providod
                               for in tho Budget an when the Budget was made
                               tho Yioit had not been definitely decided upon.

                                      Tho Expenditure of ^ 1,64,000/- was pro­
                               vided for in the buppleiwnlury Budget for 1355,
                               but actually Ri 2,33,000/- was spent.   The pro­
                               bability of this further expenditure undor this
                               heading was envisaged in ay report on tho Budget
                               for 1355, page 5, paragraph one.
                                      Of thio anount ni 06,000/- waa apont on

                               the now customs house and enlarging the pier speoe,
                               Ri 68,000/- was spent on ooaploting the Manamah -
                               Uahsraq road up to the channel Inoluding e oertai n
                               anount of filling in the channel, Rs 15,000/- waa
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                                spent on road oonstruotion Inoluding the new tana nab -
                                Budeys road, and Rs 49,000/- was spent on building
                                shops on govorunout land in tho baxaar, on two new
                                disponnaries, a barrack roon at the fort, a wall

                                round taranok Palace, reclamation of the sewer in
                                liedd and various smallor buildings, repairs and
                                oxtonaiona. Tho coat of the Public Aorka Depart­
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                                ment establiahnent waa h 12,900/-. Filling pits
                                at the buck of Uananah, which during part of the
                                year collect stagnant water and breed moj quitoes
 a                              cost l» 7,000/-.

                                       6. Almost all the money expended during

                                the year with the exseption of the visit to England
                                has bsea spent lotally end undoubtedly noet of it
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