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REVENUE 1359.
The estimated revenue in the Budget for 1359 was Rs. 45,07,000. The actual revenue collected
was Rs. 49,01,499. The actual revenue exceeded the anticipated amount by Rs. 3,94.449.
The actual revenue in 1358 was Rs. 45,78,765. Revenue in 1359 exceeded that of 1358 by
'Rs. 3,22,734. The 1359 receipts, however, included two abnormal items amounting to Rs. 5,61,972,
being the payment made by the Bahrain Petroleum Company on signing the oil concession over
the additional area and the price obtained by the Government from the sale of rice which had
been bought in 1358 as a special war measure. If these two items of abnormal revenue are not
taken into consideration the revenue in 1359 was Rs. 43,39,527, which is Rs. 2,39,238 less than
the revenue during the previous year.
Customs revenue was approximately it lakhs lower, oil royalty was approximately Rs. 83,000
less, and there was a decrease of approximately Rs. 48,000 in land revenue. This last item in
1358 included some abnormal receipts. Other sources of revenue produced slightly less than in
the previous year.
During the year Rs. 16,52,745 was added to the Reserve I;und and invested in War Loan.

EXPENDITURE 1359.
The total expenditure during the year was Rs. 29,14,372, excluding the amount paid into
the Reserve Fund. Approximately one half of the total expenditure was paid to the Ruling
Family in the Civil List and one third of the oil revenue.
The amount spent on special public works, mostly of a non-rccurrcnt nature, was Rs.3,18,000.
This was about three lakhs less than the budgetted amount owing to the non-completion of the
Manatnah—Muharraq bridge. The cost of administration, which includes the various Govern­
ment offices, courts, education, medical services, municipalities, and recurrent public works,
was approximately seven lakhs. Unforscen expenditure, Rs. 46,000, includes the cost of bazaar
property, amounting to Rs. 39,000, which was purchased by the Government when sold by a
Persian subject.
Total expenditure in 1358 was Rs. 36,75,434 and in 1359 it was Rs. 29,14,372. The expendi­
ture in 1359 was approximately Rs. 7,61,000 less than during the previous year. In 1358 a con­
tribution of Rs. 4,00,000 was given to the British Government towards the cost of the war and
Rs. 1,36,000 was spent on purchasing rice; excluding these sums the normal expenditure in 1358
was approximately Rs. 31,39,000 and the 1359 expenditure was about 2} lakhs less than during
the previous year.
Special Public Works.—The expenditure was 3 lakhs less than the amount anticipated in
the budget for 1359; in this budget provision was made for Rs. 6,21,000 to be spent on special
public works whereas the actual expenditure was Rs. 3,18,000.
The chief expenditure on special new works during the year was on the Manamah—Muharraq
bridge and the Government Hospital. The bridge was expected to have been finished during the
year but owing to the war it is not yet complete. The entire superstructure and machinery for
opening the bridge was ready for shipment from England many months before the end of the
year but owing to transport difficulties it failed to arrive.
Three piers and the reinforced concrete dolphin were completed and much of the reinforced
concrete extension was built. The piles and about 30 per cent of the deck of the dolphin were
finished during the year.
It is estimated that it will take about five months from the date of arrival of the material
to complete the whole work. Local labour was used in the construction work under the supervi­
sion of British foremen. Arab divers were specially useful in fixing the central submarine cassion,
The women’s hospital was completed and opened on May 25th, 1940 (Rabi althany 18th,
1359), ar»d the men’s hospital was brought into use some months later. The ground floor walls
of the administrative building were built and the hospital, kitchen, male nurses’ quarters, walls,
gates and mess room were completed during the year. The administrative building will contain
two operating theatres, X-Ray rooms, stores, laboratory and offices. The two hospitals have
a combined capacity of 100 beds but in case of emergency a considerably larger number of patients
could be accommodated. The expenditure during the year on the women’s hospital was Rs. 15,600
and on the men’s hospital Rs. 49,000. The expenditure on the administrative building, staff
quarters, kitchen, etc., was Rs. 32,800. The total cost of the men’s hospital, including electric,
water and sanitary installations, amounted to approximately Rs. 1,32,000. The nurses’ quarters
and the Lady Medical Officer’s flat and Matron’s flat cost approximately Rs. 86,000.