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The allocation to the Transport Department is less than in last year’s budget, as in 1372 a
quantity of new equipment was bought.

A very large programme of work is to be carried out by the Public Works Department
during the year. This is described in a separate statement. To cope with it effectively the
staff of the department has to be enlarged.

Specifications for the deep water pier near Jufair are being prepared by the Government’s
Consulting Engineers in London. Only the epuseway leading to the pier will be constructed
by the Public Works Department, the dredging and the construction of the pierhead will be
carried out by outside firms.

It is unlikely that much progress will be made on this project during the year, apart from
the causeway, so 20 lakhs has been provided for the scheme.

The »uin of 40 lakhs has been set aside for the Electric-Gas scheme which embodies an
extension of electric power to all the towns and villages in Bahrain. At present only Manama
and Muharraq are supplied with electricity.
During the year it is hoped that 1351 lakhs may be added to the Reserve Fund.

A fact of interest which emerges from the budget is that if all new works and schemes were
excluded from the budget the revenue from sources other than oil would be sufficient to pay
for the administration and running of the state on the present scale. The total revenue, without
oil, is 121 lakhs, the total expenditure, excluding the one-third of the oil revenue which is paid
to the Ruler, new projects and works, and without a contribution to the Reserve Fund, is
1191 lakhs.
The following figures show, roughly, how the oil and other revenue has been used since
the State first received royalties from oil :
OIL RECEIPTS
Oil Royalty, less one-third, paid to the Privy Purse, from 1354 until 1368 (15 years) Rs. 299,95,000
1369 Royally at Rs. 3/8 per ton and Rs. 10/- 62.55.000
1370 Royalty at Rs. 10/- per ton 92.26.000
1371 Royalty at Rs. 10/- per ton 94.01,000
1372 Income Tax 103,92,000
1373 Income Tax received during period ending on 31st December, 1953 (relating to 1952)
and payment at the rate of Rs. 10/- per ton on exported oil for the first half
of 1953 ............................................................................................... 103,70,000
Rs. 756,39,000
Duty on imported oil, less one-third paid to the Privy Purse :
Rs. 10,00,000
1370
1371 .. 40,00,000
1372 .. 56,39,000
Until 31st December, 1953 .. 12,56,000
118,95,000
.. Rs. 875,34.000
Total
Reserve Fund .. Rs. 562,40.000
Capital Accounts 96,98.000
Electric Supply, Water Supply and Electric-Gas Scheme ..
Loans Advanced
Foodstuffs Account 3,46,000
8,00,000
Gulf Aviation Company .. 12,53,000
Deposit Account .. 23.99.000
47.88.000
Cash in hand
.. Rs. 731,25,000
Closing Balance, 31st December, 1953 ..

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