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(tt) An Air Liftison Officer was appointed at Bahrain oarly this year and
Wing-Commander A. R. M. R'cknrds, O.B.E., A.F.C., was choson to bo tho
firs holder of this post. Ho arrived boro on tho 4th of April 1937.
Wing-Commander Rickards acted as Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain, till
the 29th October whon he was unfortunately killed in an accident in which
a Royal Air Force piano crashed at Klior Gharim.
(tit) Imperial Airways Limited provided weekly two oastbound and
westbound services throughout the year.
Commencing with tho eastbound service leaving Southampton on Octo­
ber the 3rd, Imperial Airways Limited replaced ono of their landplano service3
by a flying boat service.
(u>) On the night of the 3rd August the Royal Air Force petrol store
at Doliah was burnt down and all tho stock destroyed. Four persons were
injured, two of whom were brought to Bahrain for treatment.
17. British Interests.—(i) Mr. D. T. M. Munn held charge of the Bahrain
Branch of Messrs. Gray Mackenzie and Company Limited (late Mesopota­
mia Persia Corporation Limited) from the beginning of the year up to the 22nd
November 1937. He was relieved by Mr. J. M. Campbell who held charge
till the end of the year. Gray Mackenzie and Company Limited have also
acted as agents for Imperial Airways Limited throughout the year.
(ti) Mr. C. W. F. Skrimshire held charge of tho Eastern Bank, Bahrain,
throughout the year.
(tit) Khan Sahib Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo, 'C.I.E., has been local the
Agent of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited throughout the year.
(iv) Mr. C. Bottomley held charge of the Office of tho Bahrain Branch
of Cable and Wireless Limited from the beginning of the year to tho 3rd April
when he was relieved by Mr. N. L. Penfold who continued to hold chargo
till the end of the year.
18. Post Office.—(i) Mr. Mohammad Khan held charge of the post office
from the beginning of the year up to the 27th of July 1937. He was relieved
by Sayed Zafur Hussain who held charge till the end of the year 1937.
(ti) There was a considerable increase in the work of the post office during
the year 1937 as compared with the previous year.
The following are the figures for registered letters and parcels dealt
with during tho year :—
No. of registered letters received 9,153
No. of registered letters despatched 10,900
No. of insured letters received . 24
No. of insured letters despatched G5
No. of registered parcels received 0,710
No. of registered parcels despatched . 792
No. or registered insured parcels received 461
No. of registered insured parcels despatched 3
(tit) Stamps worth Rs. 94,110-2-0 were sold during the year as comparod
with Rs. 56,272-2-0 during the year 1936.
(iv) A proposal was under consideration at the end of the year to transfer
the post office which is at prosent situated in tho Agency Compound, to a
more central position.
19. Medical—(i) Victoria Memorial Hospital.—Assistant Surgeon R.
Holmes, I.M.D., held chargo of the Victoria Memorial Hospital throughout
the year 1937.
15,264 out-door and 249 in-door patients were treated during the year
1937 as compared with 14,474 out-door and 275 in-door patients during the
year 1936. 1,754 major and minor operations were performed during 1937
as opposed to 726 during 1936. There were no epidemics during the year.
(it) Hospitals of the Arabian Mission.—(i) Dr. W. H. Storm, M-D.
and Dr. Miss Esther Barney held charge of the General and Women’s hospitals
respectively of the Arabian Mission during the year 1937.

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