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would be of assistance in provonting it from
incroaoing. Alraoot daily roquoato for
increases and new allowancoa are made and it
io difficult to reetrain H. E. Shaikh Hamad
from approving of all of them*
The Khalifa family iB rapidly inoroaaing.
There are litorally oooreo of young aona ?/ho

aro not yet of ago# Ho attompto are mado by
their paronto to educate them with the idoa
of having to oarn anything in the future#
Hhon each boy marrioa hia father preaaea for
an allowance for him# If all of them are to

receive allowances in the future, tho Civil I
list will alowly eat up the whole of tho
revenue.
Almost all the Khalifas own property but
they drain it dry by squeezing out every anna
of rent and by never spending money on keeping
up their gardens, As a rosult the value of

their gardens decreases.
Protection. The second largest item of
recurrent expenditure, The State forces consist j
of 108 Punjabi Polioe, 37 local Police, and
113 local armed watchmen. The Punjabi Police

supply a guard to H. B. M's Political Agent, a body
guard to H. E. Shaikh Hamad and posts at Muharrak
and Rufaa. The balance are in Manama. The
rest of the foroe is in Manama and in Muharrak.
The whole force is undor the Command^ of Captain
1. S. Parke assisted by an Indian Offloor and
two Amirs.
Protection absorbs 17# of the total budgeted

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