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measures are t.eJ<fsn to reduce the
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expenditure the suine thing will occur next :
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year. It Is clear thut this ntute of
affairs cannot continue indefinitely and
that unless prompt stops are taken the
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*\}p l» uic>^ J^cScr^# present excellent order and administration
will certainly cuffor. It is not only in
Bahrain that the noceouity for the reduction
of the expenditure has arisen, Statoe
&f- jfi all over t:.»; world, great and small, and !
other states in the Perulun Gulf are aloo
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being compelled to revise their budgets.
HA ^1X<3 ^ jJ%Aj i Y/hon 1 wao In Bahrain a year»\2jo
T expressed Mr; view to Your Excellency
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lakhs per annum, This statement was made
on the assumption that the normal revenue
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of the stal e would be' about 10 lakhs, and
the allowances would therefore amount to
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50t of the income. This is a very large
nmo-unt, higher than in any other country,
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I believe. If however the revenue falls,
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will considerably exceed 30#, and in such
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circumstances it seems to inc essential
that they should be reduced, I would
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therefore suggest that a reduction of 10#
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