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State finances, 1928-1932                 433


                 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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