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I Mini Rents.—The department collides tin* rents from persons living on (lovernment land,
mainly in and around Manamah. Most of ilu* occupants are poor people who pay a nominal rent
•of one. anna monthly. The leases are maintained in order to preserve the (lovernment's ownership
of the land. Total renls*eolleeted amounted to Rs. 7,165.
b'looil measures.—During the serious Hoods which occurred in the winter a number of houses
on (lovernment land became un-inhnbitable. Fifty-one houses were moved to a higher and drier
site south of Ali Abul’s hola where they were re-built in regular lines. All the houses on (lovern­
ment land whose owners pay ground rent are of the barasli type.
Other revenue.—Fish trap license renewals brought in a revenue of Rs. 500 ami Rs. .2,300
was obtained from sales of small pieces of ground in Manamah and Muharraq.
Census.—The first census of Bahrain was carried out at the end of the year. This work was
dealt with by the Land Department and will form the subject of a separate report.
Properties registred during the year were as follows: —
Sales 3’
(lifts 45
Awkaf «»
Titles *n
Demarkation 1
JUDICIAL

The Bahrain Court.
Shaikh Rashid bin Mohomed Alkhalifah
Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Alkhalifah
Shaikh Ali bin Ahmed Alkhalifah
The court sits on four days of the week and meets for consultation on the fifth day throughout
the year except in the month of Ramadhan. The Adviser to the (lovernment attends once a week
for appeal cases from the lower court and for hearing important cases.
Tile number of cases heard during the year was 502 of which 201) were finally settled. The
remainder are not yet disposed of. The majority of the cases are civil suits, a great proportion of
them being’ land disputes.
Several important estate cases were dealt with during the year, including the estates of Isa
bin Ahmed Dosri and Shaikh Jasim al-Mehza. The estate cases of Ali bin Sagar and Saad bin
Salim Shorugi were finally disposed of.
The only important criminal case was that of Isa bin Ahmed Algaltam who was convicted
of treason and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.
During the year the Head clerk of the Judicial Department, Mr. Abdullah bin Rashid,
retired after alxnit i.S years’ service.
C’ourt fees and fines from all sources amounted to Rs. 0,151.
The Bahrain Small Court.
Shaikh Daij bin Hamad Alkhalifah
Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamad Alkhalifah
Shaikh Mohomed bin Ali Alkhalifah
This court deals with civil cases which amount to not more than Rs. 400 and criminal cases
of an unimportant nature. During the year over 1,100 cases were heard of which 740 were finally
disposed of.
There is a great difference in the numbers of cases heard by these two courts, which is
because cases in the lower court can often be disposed of in one or two hearings and cases in
the higher court are longer and more complicated and require many hearings before they can be
settled. Most of the cases heard in the Small Court are maintenance claims and instalment claims
against divers.
Sunni Shara Court.
Shaikh Abdullatif bin Saad.
Shaikh Abdullatif bin Jodr.
Shaikh Abdullatif bin Mahmood one of the three Sunni Qadis, retired during the year owing
to ill health, 'file two other Qadis continued to function w’ilhout a third judge. The court sits on
two, or sometimes three, days in the week. It deals with about jo cases at each silting, but so
few final judgements are given that the number of pending cases in this court is steadily increas­
ing every year.