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purchased by the Secretary from Alimad Fakhroo.

It is believed that the Municipality will go
bankrupt if the present Secretary holds his
post longer. During the hot season the people
[here is certainly could not get sufficient ice because the Sec-
iot enough ice for
;ale| but the rest retary was taking two blocks of ice everyday to
is pure exaggeration.
his house for his own use (apparently free of
cost). Besides that he was supplying free ice
to his staff and special friends in large

quantities which were above their requirements.
The people want this Secretary be dismissed.
7. FACTOR TO HIS HIGHNESS
Sardar Abdur Rahman Khan has been
brought to look after the property of His

Highness. He receives a high pay of Rs. 500/-
Impertinence
a month pluo free house, car, etc., whereas*
a local man can arrange the affairs at a very
ome of those v/ho 0 low pay. The people want that Sardar Abdur
sed to make big 0
rofits out of \ Rahman should be replaced by a local man.
.H's property do.
8. PASSPORT DEPARTMENT
This Department is in a state of confu­

sion. No one can leave this place without
paying something to the passport officials.
lostly Persian
Inspiration here. For instance, if anyone wants to go to Qatif,
he will not be given a pass for return unless

he pays something other than the usual fees.
When certain individuals were arrested for
entering Bahrain without passports, a great
number of them v/ere reloased after payment of
money to the Passport Officials who had origi­
nally allowed them to enter Bahrain without
passportd. The present Passport Officer has
got his own rules and acts in a manner to suit
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