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Toga II.
An inolanoo of the growing preotlgc of the Bahrein Government has
Juot oomo to light. Shaikh Abdullah,who hao had ontiro charge
of tho Sunni oohoolo from thoir inception hao Just aomo to oeo

Mr Bolgravo and told him that he io not oatiofiod with thoir pre-
oent condition, that he v/inhoo thorn to bo undor the Government
in tho future, and that a9 he fcclo ho doeo not know enough to
diroot their onergieo oinglehandod ho wiohoo a good inspector to
bo engQgod ospocially for them, Thie, couplod with tho incroa-
oing demand for toohniaal education ohov/o that tho State in hard.,
put to it to moot tho domand for education let alone consider..a

roi-otionary stop. Thio oduoution io howaver, dopendont for ito
oxiotcnco on tho fundo oollooted by the Pirootor of Customs# and
oonoorvod by the Advioer, and any Iob:\ of revenue would oerioua-
ly affoct it.
20. V.'ith the approval of the State but entirely of their
own aocord tho Shajihs dooided that they could raanago the Y/akfo
bettor than tho fyadhie and havo tuicon them over without opposi­
tion. Public opinion will no doubt soon move the Sunnis, to take
the same steps and then large sumo now pockoted by tho tyadhis
will become available for primary eduoation and other purposes

for whloh the ondowmentB were mudo. I oeo nbthing to bo gained
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by putting tho olook baok hore, and it io wall known that tho
Egyptian, Iraq and Syrian Governments havo already organised
Y/aqf departments.
21. The Manama municipality hnvo mado groat strides and( Mu-
hurraq is rapidly oatohlng up Manama.. The oity fathers take them
oelvos very soriouoly, but if iwk±aH neither the Advise?, or the

Politioal Agent aro proBent their mooting io apt to degenerate
into a aoreaming match. Muoli oound work hns,hoYfevor, been done
and thoir work io on tho wholo. appreciated by tho public. A.
minimum of intorferonoo io mado by the Adviser, who in. fact has
little time to givoA thorn, and tho Politioal Agent only takoe ao-.
tion when British or foroign intoroote aro involved. Tpwno’of
OYor 25,000 inhabitants must havo municipalities, and those
are no oxooption to the rule.

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