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end tha Eoyal Air poroo added approximately 232 KW naming

their total conneatod load 240*5 KU at the end of tho /oar*
The charcoa for lighting and power wore not increased
during tho year in spit a of war conditions resulting in an
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increase in tho running and maintenance costs.
Connected load on 31st Dccemher 1943 •• 770 KW
Connectod load on 31at December 1944 • * 1092.5 KVf
Kaxicua recorded load in 1943 • • 108 KW
Uaxiciun recorded load in 1944 • • 303 KW
Total units generated in 1943 .. 7,37.472
Total units generated in 1944 . o 11,44,115
Wiring of houses by local contractors was continued and
a further 293 points were added during tho year under review.

In tho latter part of tho yoar bad weather conditions
resulting in rain and high winds were in part responsible for
no fewer than 166 power distribution failures* It must be

recorded that thoso failures wore very largely due to the
condition of tho external circuits which aro in urgent need
of overhaul, replacements, and repair. Tho condition of the
power house plant is far from satisfactory for the engines
are obsolete and In urgent need of replacement. The present

system of small generating sots i3 uneconomical and tho power
house is so under-powered that even when the now 200 KVT gene­
rator arrives from the United Kingdoa, as it is expected to do

in the next two or three nonths, there will not be a sufficient
reserve of power to allow for essential overhaul of machinery.
The Bahrain Government will soon be faced with demands for
additional olcotrical power for air conditioning and lighting

and they are being urged by the Agency to embark on a sound
long tom reorganisation plan designed to provide adequate
generating power with reasonable reserves hot only for their
present demands but for future expansion*

(b) goiephene Poparfracnt
She present telephone cystcn is most unsatisfactory ad
the firmest of general ccnplaint* This la partly due to look

of forcslcht an the port of the electrical department in
fell leg to su&e proviolca for adequate replacements end repairs 9
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