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Tfc should bo noted that Bahrain is a clearing ground for many departments

£t, onlysomeofthe more decent additions to the clerical work each small in
Useff3 but in the aggregate totalling a considerable amount of work not usually
falling to Political Offices. .
and moie°the SredThe^Gud, InVthe luTopeanpopulation has doubled7 in the
last three years. . .
The year has been a quiet one, and generally satisfactory except for the dis­
astrous pSng situation British prestige is high, and the inhabitants are still
suxnrisinEly1 grateful for the material benefits they enjoy as a result of British
intervention m these islands. Long may they continue to feel this gratitude, for
it is a quality that is the more welcome on account of its rarity.

C. G. PRIOR,
Political Agent, Bahrain.

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