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jtill T\.rt of the Government contracts to complete on Callender's
be>lf as well 03 a great deal of wiring for privute individuals,
Cn ny representing this to Callender's they offered his services
for six months at Rs. 1000/- per month, IJdhaXfjfXiQi and afterwards
if !iia work for the Corapuny was completed, at Rs. 14Of)/- per
sonth. The offer for six months has been accepted, the subs-
4uent question is still under consideration.
The Power House opened and the ^unply commenced on
11th I!ey.
Tt is estimated that the ousode cost of running,
including pay of engineer at Es. 1250/— per month, will be
Rs. 31,600/- for the first IE months, The revenue during the
first 12 months is estimated at the sane amount.
It is very unfortunate indeed that the first year of

the eTcetric supply should be o year when there seems likely to
be abnormal trade depression in Bahrain, undoubtedly numbers of
people who would ordinarily have installed electricity in their
shops and houses are deterred from doing so by lack of funds.
Hp till now about 1200 lights and about 200 fans,
includi g street lights and Government buildings, have been def-
i:.itely ordered or actually installed, I beleive in an ordinury
season perhaps half as many again v/ould have been ordered.
Enclosed "is the Budget for the electrical supply for the
Tirst year but it is inevitably a somewhat problematical estimate
js electricity is an entirely new thing in Bahrain and it is diffi­
cult to judge how nuch will be actually used by the local pop­
ulation.
JJprantine-
The Quarantine Camp which is on the sea shore in tae
suburb of IToznibieh south east of Munamuh town v;os reported by the
Medical Officer to be unsuitable owing to a number of new houses
b'.ving been built in the neighbourhood.
If ter lengthy negotiation the Bahrain Government sold the
to the Royal *dr Force for the sun of Es. 13,COO/-, which

deludes the foreshore between the camp and the sea. The ?. F.