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Miscellaneous:
Clerks 24
Tindalls 10
Mechanics .. 12
Welders 9
Fitters 4
Asphaltcrs .. 4
Cooks 4
Riggers 3
Wiremen 3
Blacksmiths 2
Naturs 2
Assistant mechanics 2
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It would seem from the above statement that the number of persons who were out of work
at the end of the year 1955 was 1,896, this out of a population of not less than 120,000.
In fact most of them were sent to various employers but they did not obtain employment
either because they did not pass the trade tests or because they were medically unfit, con­
sequently they ceased coming to the Exchange.

BAHRAIN POSTAL SERVICE
(Report by Mr. Mohammed Ali Taitoon, Postmaster)
On the 1st of March, 1955, the second stage (selling stamps) of transferring the Post Office
to the Government of Bahrain was put into operation. Our activities in the year 1955 are shown
under the following headings:—
Income ................. Rs. 71,574
Expenses Rs. 77,095
Sales of British Postage Stamps Rs. 40,000 per month
Sales of Bahrain Postage Stamps Rs. 586 „ „
Ordinary Parcels delivery 2,500 „ „
Insured Parcels delivery 300 ,, ,,
Ordinary letters delivery 8,200 „ day
Registered letters delivery 600 „ „
Compensation paid Rs. 34.2
Labour turnover 1.5 per cent.
Letters and Parcels enquiries .. 143
Private Boxes. At the beginning of the year there were 252 private boxes, during the year
the number was increased by 84. There was some delay over the installation of the new boxes
owing to repairs having to be carried out in the wall of the building where a menacing crack
began to show itself in such a way that priority had to be given to structural repairs.
Post Boxes. In addition to the two ‘Air and ‘Sea’ mail post boxes, five boxes were erected
in the following streets:—
One ‘Lamp’ box in Barrett Road.
One ‘Lamp’ box in Shaikh Isa Road.
One ‘Lamp’ box in Prior Road.
One ‘Pillar’ box in Muharraq.
One ‘Wall’ box in the Post Office.
There are now seven post boxes.
General. On 28th of June, 1955, a farewell party was given to Mr. D. H. Maurice, the
Postal adviser to the Government of Bahrain. Mr. Maurice came to Bahrain in June, 1949,
as an assistant postal superintendent to the British Post Agencies in the Persian Gulf, and
became Postal Superintendent early in 1950. On the inauguration of the Bahrain Postal Service,
he became Postal Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. Having worked with him for six
years I have seen the many steps made in the organization during that period. His excellent
work during the first and second stages of transferring the post office to the Government of
Bahrain deserve the greatest merit.
Mr. Maurice left Bahrain on 2nd July.