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The numerical results which were obtained were, in my opinion, very accurate, but sonic of
the other details were rather vague. The <|ucstinn of ages, ns an example, was difficult to
•ascertain. In most cases people were classed as adults or minors but in the case of women all
unmarried women are locally classed as minors, irrespective of their ages. There is no registra­
tion of vital statistics in Bahrain and «k» per cent of the people do not know their own age.
Questions which would supply information for statistics to he made relating to marriage, age,
families, etc., could not be asked in Bahrain, where the majority of people would resent being
cross-questioned about such matters. Now that a census lias been held further details could be
more easily obtained when at some future dale another census is held.
The census returns supplied the following information: —
The total population
Number of stone houses, amaras, and shops
Number of saf houses
Males or females
Literate or illiterate
Nationality and
Religion.
The total population of Bahrain amounted to 89,070 persons, of whom 27,835 lived in
Mananiah and 17,775 in Muharraq.
A separate report will be written giving the results of the census with full details. The more
•educated members of the public look a great interest in the census but all of them predicted that
the result would show a very much larger population than the number which was arrived at.