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GOVKRHKKHT OF BAHRAIH

Office of the Adviser,
Government of Bahrain.
Dated 17th Jany *27/l3th Bajab '45.
Bo.-489/h.

To
The H. B. M's Politioal Agent,
Bahrain.

Sir,

With reference to letter 110: 519/3 of 1926, from
the British Beaidenoy and Consul General, Bushire, forwarded
hy yon for my information, I have the honour to make the
following remarks. -
1. With referenoe to paragraph one; no annual
Budget was made for the Bahrain State for the year 1344.
At that time and until sometime after my arrival, all the
financial work of the State was In the hands of H. B. M'b
Politioal Agent, who dealt with It partly at the Government
Of floe and partly at the Agenoy. Major Daly was on leave
during part of 1343 and part of 1344, and It appears that
the aotlng Politioal Agent made no Budget, hut authorised

expenditure roughly on the Soale of the Budget for 1343.
2o Major Daly on his return to Bahrain made a
provisional Budget for the remaining seven months of the year.
dated 27th Jamadl A1 Awal, hut this Budget was oanoelled
and substituted hy another one dated 12th Shawal, for the
remaining three months of 1344. When I began to do the
flnanolal work of the State, the second of these Budgets
was In foroe. Owing to all this. It has been extremely

difficult to verify records of all the accounts for 1344.
A corrected statement of Revenue and Expenditure for that