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(b) The State Medical Officer reported experiments made in introducing
fish into shallow domestic wells and recomendcd the filling in of large
swamps where vertical drainage had failed. He also proposed that an
anti-larval squad should be organised to clean drains, and distribute
oil and paris green.
(c) Three sub-committees were formed—executive, finance, and propa­
ganda committees.
A third meeting of the Anti-Malaria Committee was held on December 14th.
The minutes of the last meeting were approved and the committee considered the
following reports.
(a) The report of the work done by the anti-malaria supervisor and the
two insect collectors.
(b) The report of the State Engineer. The latter stated that No. 1 group
of wells had been linked up and washing places built at
Juma Mosque
Momin Mosque
Hussein Wavi's quarter (under construction)
He stated that steps could now be taken to close all the house wells within a radius
of 000 feet from points A. and B. A discussion followed as to the closing of the
house wells and the disposal of waste water in compounds.
As six weeks had passed since the date of the last meeting it was decided to
include detailed reports on the work of the supervisor and insect collectors in the
report. These are full reports of the work they have done since they came from
India—29th November 1939 to 3rd February*1940. The amount of work accom­
plished in two months has been considerable. It resolves itself into five by groups.
A. Breeding gangs. B. Oil and paris green distributors. C. Fish distributors.
D. Garden and compound and house inspection by the insect collectors.
E. Collection of adult mosquitoes. The work affects the whole populations in their
gardens and houses and at last the people are beginning to realise that Malaria is a
preventable disease which can be eradicated if every one will cq-oporate.
Land Registration Department.

Registrations. The total number of registrations of all kinds carried out during
the year was 573 including 361 sales, 129 titles, 82 gifts and 1 wakf. The revenue
from registrations etc. was Iis. 6,179. Last year 710 properties were registered.
The registration of transfers of immoveable property by sale or by gift is
compulsory but the registration of titles is optional. Since 1343, when this Depart­
ment began its work, over eight thousand transactions have been registered.
Iranian Properties. The Land Department dealt with the property of certain
Iranians which was taken over by the Government in accordance with the nationality
and property law, in most cases the properties were resold to Bahrain subjects,
sometimes at a lower price than the purchase price.
Island Beacons. The stone beacons on the reefs and isles surrounding Bahrain
were inspected and, when necessary, repaired. The only one found to be in really
bad condition was the beacon on Qat’at al-Jaradah.
Survey Students. Three young men from Government sohools who had
worked for some time in the Land Department were sent to Calcutta to take a
course of survey work eto., with the Indian Government Survey Department. At
the end of the year they were still in India.
Apart from registrations very little survey work has been done during the
year.