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KUNCIPALITIES,

1. Manama.
The Manama Municipality, notwithstanding an inclination

to interfere frequently in matters which in no way concern it,
has done a good deal of useful work during tiie year. Apart
from the ordinary work of town cleaning and upkeep of roads the

following improvements have been carried out.
38zear Improvements.
Several roads in the town and in the bazaar have been

widened and opened up. In order to do this porfitions of
buildings and shops were demolished; In cases where much of the
building i3 appropriated compensation is paid, otherwise the

building is only repaired, During the last three or four years
the Manama bazaar has changed to a remarkable extent, many of the
narrow lanes have given way to broad streets where motor traffic
is possible. The owners of the shops appreciate these improve­

ments, even though they have to sacrifice part of their property,
cs in every case the rents have improved where the streets have

been widened. In addition to the work of the Municipality a
number of handsome well constructed new shops and offices have
been built by private individuals especially in the nei glib our hood
of the Pearl Bazaar.

The road from the Municipal Offices to the Sea Road was
rebuilt and macadamised. For this work an expert was hired from
Basra. So far the result seems to be very satisfactory but the

cost of the work was very high, the road 750 *X 21* cost P.s. 7601/^
Local stone was used, but the tar was imported and the high cost
.of fuel in Bahrain added greatly to the cost of the work.

Sea Roadn
A new mud surface is being laid on the Sea Road, The
eastern half was completed during the current year, Much

inconvenience and even danger was caused on the Sea Road by person
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who were reclaiming ground inside the road leaving huge heaps of