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(i) fljuaiaji fa&mtlflg*
Additional progress on housing was made during the
year, The following items started In 1049 were completed
during the yeari
46 2-Bedroom Duplex married quarters (23 houses)
28 1-Updroo* Duplex married quarters (14 houses)
48 4-Dcdrooo Bacholor quarters (12 houses)*
In addition to th*Ba, the construction of ten other 4-liodroo«
Unoholor houses was started and ns the year ended one woe con-
plate and the balance substantially complete. The Awall
Oohool Extension was completed early In 1950 and Is now In
regular use. Facilities In connection with employee roorea-
tlon and Club-activities were amplified and improvod, The
construction of the automatic telephone exchange which was
started In 1949 was completed during 1950 and la now In regular
use.
(J) ftrelama*
Americana 87 (Including 4 Overseas Tunkshlp
Corporation employees and 31
Contractors1 employoes)
British 860
Canadians 28
Australians 26
Irish 16
tiouth Africans 7
Other Europeans 10
Indians (Including
Goanese) 484
Pakistanis 138
Iraqis 8
Bahrainis 4303
Others 1333
Total 7299

24. CABLE AND V/IR11EG3 LIPITI D.
(a) Telegraphy.
There were no ohangea In the services operated during
the year and they remained as In 1949,
(b) TelooQfr-uunlcation Dovolor.ijont,^.
In July I960, as a result of an International agreement
reached at Paris in 1949, the classes DF, NLT and DLT were
abolished* end only two olacsus were retained, full rate and
i
letter telegrams (LT). The tariff for full rota tole .rams
was reduced by 261' and a fixed tariff for LTa was Instituted
at half the charge per word for full ratos.
(a) Traffic.
The following are the comparative figures of traffic
handled by the Bahrain Branch during 1949 and I960 In tuossages.
1949 1060
Forwarded from Bahrain 48627 47743
Received at Bahrain 40346 47460
Tranait8 60911 48626