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Financial arrangements of the ruling family, 1940-1941 73

A1 Khalifah Allowances

During the later years of his rule Shaikh Hamad took
for his Privy Purse one-third of the Oil Royalties while the
remaining two-thirds was paid into the Bahrain Government
Treasury. Since Shaikh Salman became Ruler the oil Royalties
have continued to be apportioned in the same manner.
2. Those members of the A1 Khalifah who have official
appointments under the Bahrain Government draw the salaries
shown in the annexure to this note. Other sources of revenue
to the A1 Khalifah arc
(i) Civil List Payments and
(ii) Allowances given by His Highness the Shaikh from his
Privy Purse.

3. Civil I.-ist Payments during the last six years have been
as follows s-
1356 Is 4,45,773 11 6
1357 4,45,792 4 5
1358 4,38,234 10 7
1359 4,34,905 8 0
1360 4,34,782 2 3
1361 4,28,108 0 0

These payments represent monthly allowances to members of the
A1 Khalifah and to certain old servants and dependents. As
will be seen from the figures given above there is no tendency
for payments from the Civil List to increase.
4. From his Privy Purse His Highness Shaikh Salman gives
allowances aggregating Hs. 11,139/- monthly to various members
and dependents of his family. In addition to these monthly
allowances His Highness makes special payments twice a year when
Oil Royalties are received. On these six-monthly occasions he
gives each of his tv/o uncles Rs. 20,000/- and to other members
of the family a sum equal to their normal monthly allowance.
Occasionally His Highness has given members of his family sums
of money equal to two months' allowance but this is the exception
rather than the rule.
5. During recent months there has been a phenomenal rise
in the cost of living in Bahrain,and members of the A1 Khalifah
hove found difficulty in maintaining themselves and their house­
holds His Highness has invariably given financial assistance,
when he thought it justified, from his Privy Purse,and has
never suggested either to the Adiiser or myself that additional
payments should be made to the A1 Khalifah from .State funds.
His Highness is careful in financial matters and deliberately
keeps the purse strings tight in order to make the members of
his family continually aware of their dependence on him.