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Unices the system of administration is entirely changed
there io a small chance of the conditions improving, Any
enquiries into 7/akf matters are strongly resented by the Kadis
and also by the various Mullahs who ore responsible for spending
the money.
Shia Wakfs.
The organisation of the Shia 17a kf Department as on
institution entirely unconnected with the Shia Kadi ho3 been a
surprising success. The V/akfs are managed by a committee of the
leading Baharana from Llonamoh and the villages under the Pres­
pa
idency of Seyed Ahmed bin Seyed Alawi. The ISujlis has b±3 office
in the Shia School. The members ore men v/ith practical knowledge
of agriculture, The ilujlis has his own account in The Eastern
Bank. All Wakf property/aM registered and leased out by the
Department which collects the rents and distributes payments to
the persons who are appointed/?/alis„ The Department insists on
the productions of receipts for all money spent. Meetings are
held once a fortnight and all questions which cannot be settled
by the members are referred to the Kadi.
Each member is responsible for looking after the TTakf
property in his district and for reporting any injury or mis­
management by the tenants. In addition to this a sub committee

consisting of three members each working for a specified time,
visited every piece of Wakf property in Bahrain and reported on
them to the Mujlis. Owing to this inspection many of the leases
were revised and many small gardens were entered in the register
*hich had previously been ommitted.
It has been possible during the year to set aside definite
sums for the repairs of Wakf property, Rs. 6000/- was spent on
work in date gardens which included the planting of a large number
of new date trees and several mosques and Matams were repaired.
The Mujlis decided that for the present none of the innumerable
ruined mosques are to be rebuilt but existing mosques which are in
bad repairX are to be mended. The income of The Shia Wakf Dep-