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in truo ’that the Bahrain dovornment do diatributo food to the
poor • It la suggested thnt tho hooding ohould bo "Emorgonr’y
V/tir Poor Hollef" to indiecto clearly that tho monsure is of a
temporary nature.

II. Bahrain Budget - 1363.
(a) Qonoral
It ic considered that unduo rautlon hns boon shown in the
foro^net of the rovonuo figures for 1363 and that on tho expendi­
ture aide the inclusion of various projects which wil] most almoat
certainly ..never bo carriod out, owing to tho difficulty of obtaining
matoriole and artisans, gives a rolsloadlng lmprossion of tho
amount required to run the State Departments.
(b) Revenue - ouatoms
Tho aotuolu for tho yoar 1362 under thin hood amounted to
fc.13,96,600 whila tho anticipated rocoipts amounted to only
to.6,10,000. In the present financial year tho State anticipate
a revenue of Kg.8,60,000, that is, to.6,36,600 loao than vrna received

laat yoar. In viow of tho fact thnt imports have already docroased
to a minimum and that thoro ux'O indie ationa thnt prices may bo
oxpoctod to lncrouso a till furthor, to budgot for n 38 por^ ent
fall in rovenuo from import duty, which is leviod on tho value of
goodo Imported and not on tho quantity, io unnoc.oaeerily cautious,
(o.) Judicial
It in not considered roouonnbie to allow for n reduction
in tiie Judicial revenue amounting to F*.34,500 duo to a decrease
in finoe on the QHoumption thnt smuggling and food control offencos
will bo less than In 1302. Indications suggont thnt the reverse
will bo tho case for scarcity of materials combined with high prlcei
in neighbouring countries will tend to result in an increase in
omuggling whilo human naturo being what it is no falling off in
tho number of offone00 against Food Control Regulations could be
expacted until thoro la a considerable fall in the prices of all

commodities. It must be aasumod that thoro will bo no deterio­
ration in tho offioionoy of tho polico in bringing smugglers or
profitoerors to book nor that tho Judges will lowor their standard
of fines.