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(tv) Royally to the Bahrain Government.
Kb. a. p.
lat Half 1G.2G.88G 8 0
2nd Half 14,42,580 12 0
(v) At the end of the year, Company’s employees numbered as follows :—
British 143
Canadian* 19
Americans 55
British Indians 352
Bahrainis 1,837
Others 34 G

Total 2,752

(vi) In accordance with the agreement entered into between His Highness
the Shaikh of Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Company, the Company has
conducted extensive exploration operations within the dominions of the Shaikh,
particularly in the Additional Area. Though the work is being constantly con­
tinued, it has not advanced to the point where final conclusions are justified.
(vii) Refinery.—No new operating facilities were installed during 1940, though
major improvements or additions were made in the Power Plant, Crude Distillation.
Units, S02 Plant, Cracking Plant, and Pitch Pond.
(mil) Alterations were made both at Sitra and Zellaq to facilitate loading
and yn-loading. Pipelines were re-routed and a new tank constructed at Zellaq.
Areas of the Refinery, the anchorage, and Awali Camp were considerably increased.
Many improvements were made in the living and recreational facilities for the staff
of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, while all offices were air cooled during
summer. A programme of housing for natives was started and 2G hollow concrete
block houses are being built, part near Awali and part at Rafa Camp.
(ix) As a Defence measure, Air Raid Shelters were constructed for the benefit
of the staff of the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
(x) This year saw the completion of the agreement entered into between the
Bahrain Petroleum Company and the Shaikh of Bahrain enabling the Company
to extend drilling operations outside the previously leased area in the Shaikhdom
of Bahrain.
7. Agriculture.—(i) After the Assistant Adviser ceased to serve the Bahrain
Government, the experimental garden at Budaya was handed over to the Public
Works Department. European vegetables, including potatoes, were grown in the
spring of 1940 and sold in the bazar.
(u) At the suggestion of the Hon’ble the Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf a herd of white cattle was purchased from Alwar, but their suitability for
Bahrain cannot be judged yet.
(tiii) The services of an agricultural adviser from Egypt have been asked for
by the Bahrain State.
7. Municipalities, (a) Manamah.—Some important roads were widened
duiing the year, new roads were planned and laid down on the South and South-
West of Manamah town, while about five miles of town roads were surfaced and
oiled. 30,000 square feet of swamp was filled in width stone and a considerable
area of swamp filled in or surfaced. It was found necessary to cut many shops
for the purpose of road widening, but new ones were constructed in compensation.
After the abnormally heavy rain at the end of the month of October, large
parts of the town were flooded and remained so for two months in spite of
every effort to induce the Adviser and the State Engineer to take some action.
Ditches have at least been dug and the water is draining away.