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520 Records of Bahrain

BUDGET - 1350.

EXPENDITURE.
Tho expenditure for 1360 has bcon'roduood to thu vory
minimum amount end no provision has boon mode for ony devo-
lopmentfl or now under to kingn, The total expenditure
h 832,516/- represents the ordinary roourrent exponocs of
the State including such itomo as nediool and educational
works, publio suourity eto. oto.
I. Allowances to Ruling Family. According to tho
oorro8pondonoo which has pansod on this subject tho Civil List
has been reduced by 10$ and all tho additional allowances have
been cancelled, tho total expenditure under the heading,
after tho roduotions is slightly over half the whole esti­
mated revenue of tho State for 1350.
II. Protection. Tho oetimatnd expenditure on protection
has been diminished by obout lu 30,000/- less than last year’s
allocation by moans of a large reduction in the Indian Police
Force end o slight roduotion in the naturs. The Budget
allows for o foroe of 50 Indian rankB, with tho Commandant
of Polioe and Indian Officer, and a foroo of 50 local polioe
with Superintendent and about 125 naturs.
III Government denartnonta. The total allocation for
this heading shows n reduction of about fi* 12,000/- in compari­
son to tho previous your, this hoe been oohieved by a reduction
in the number of tho staff.
IY. Education. A reduction of Hi 10,000/- under thin head­
ing is mainly obtained by the State no longer having to pay
for tho eduontion of Bahrain studento nt Beyrout.
Y. Modi col. A roduotion of Ju 9,000/- hae been mode by
deoiding not to sond the hospital boat out to the pearl banka
to
for four months but to arrange for tho Indian doctor em tour
the banks in n motor lounch, threo timoa during onoh month of
the pearling season.
VI. Munioina 11 ties. Tho government subsidy of Hs 2000/-