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No.626-3. Of 1923*
British Residency and Consulate General,
Bushire, the 10th November 1923.

From
The Hon'hie Lieut-Colonel A.P.Trevor, C.S.I., C.I.E.,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
To
E.B.Howell, Esquire, C.S.I., C.I.E.,
Offg. Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department,
Delhi.

Sir,
With reference to the correspondence ending with my
letter No.622-S, dated 10th November 1923, regarding the
reforms at Bahrain, I have the honour to bring to the
notice of Government the material improvements in Manama
Town which have already been effected by the efforts of
the Political Agent.
2. As the Government of India are av/are Major Dickson
shortly before he relinquished the office of Political
Agent, Bahrain, persuaded Shaikh Isa to consent to the
establishment of a Municipal Committee in Manama Town and
the members were actually nominated before he left though
there was no time for the Committee to get going. When
Major Daly arrived he entered into the matter with zeal
and with experience of the best way to push such matters
on backward Arab Towns, gained when serving as a Political
Officer in Mesopotamia. During the last two and half years
very great strides have been* made. A body of Municipal
Police, who are really very efficient, all things considered
has been raised, trained and equipped with uniform
and staves (in lieu of truncheons). They preserve order
very fairly well. They are of necessity mostly Persians
because the local Arab6 will not work. The roads have