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frco for 'planning'* 3 oubordinatco Have boen procured from
India; First, a Faotor, ao ho would bo called In Sootland, or
Bailiff, to look after tno Shaikh's private property and
accounto whicn up to now Belgravo has nad to deal with* Second,

a Treasury Officer, with tno looal title of Accounto Officer, to
look after tno detailo of finance. Third, a p.W.D.Engineer.
Belgravo telle mo tnat theoe 3 eubordinateB nave already taken

much detail- off nis ehouldere.
While on tne subject of administration it io worthy of note
that the Bahrain uovernment nave, at Belgrave's suggestion, in
tno last few yeara adopted the excellent practice of getting

a Chartered Accountant from Bagdad (whoro there ia a good firm
of Chartered Accountants), to visit Bahrain to audit tneir
annual accounto. So far, Bomewhat to eveiyone's Burpris^* no
financial scandal has been discovered, even in the Municipalities,

In which institution all the world over peculation and graft
often flourish. It ia to be nopod tnat this desirable state of

affairs will continue, but in any case tne mere fact tnat all
concerned know tnat an annual audit will bo made doubtless nas
an excellent effect.

5. Police. Law and order is of course a moot important
directly
side of tne administration,and though we are not^i*esponsible
for it nevertheless we nave to aec that it is preserved. As
you are aware tnere is a force of some 150 armed police in

Bahrain wno originally wero mootly reoruited from India but
are now practically all Arabo. Some of tne h'.O.Oo. have been
sent to India for training and one or two Indian jn.C.Ob. have

come to Bahrain for the purposes of training tne Corps. The
Police are quite a good body of men but they need a Police
Officer /