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budgotod rovonuo but owing to tho political

and goographical position of Bahrain and tho
coomopolitan population it io conoidorod
eoaontial to maintain an officiont foroo.
Rooorvo Fund. Re. 2,00.000/-. It has
been poesiblo to oot aoido two laoo during tho
yoar no tho boginning of a roservo fund whioh
will bo added to as opportunity occurs, This

itom is shown under expenditure in ordor to
simplify tho accounts.
i Until now the State has had no Reoervo Fund.
At the end of 1344 the Stato owod large sums
on account of several big contracts for public

works. Everything has now been paid off and
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: $he total assets shown at the end of the year
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are entirely free from any charges.
Customs. There is littlo alteration in the
expenditure on this department.
The department oolloots tho v/hole State

revenue, exoopt Court feos, and is in reality the
revonue and Customs Department, It is under
the direction of Ur, C. de Grenier and a staff
of Indian and Arab clorkB. The present polioy
; is to increase the numbers of Arab olerks serving

in the various departments but there is no com­
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i parison between the efficiency of Indians and
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Arabs.
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A comparison of the Revenue and the cost of
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maintaining the Customo Department will show that
only 5# is spent by the State in oolleoting the

entiro revenue. The financial well-being of
the State depends entirely on tho effioienoy of

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