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7. When the second Budget was made for 1344, the
separate accounts then existing, which nunbered about
a dozen, were all merged into three, the Consolidated
Fund, the Deposit account, and the Survey Aocount.
Various amounts which were held in the oustody of the
Government, such as deposits made by Brokers, Police,
and monies due to the various Court Cases, are inoluded
in the Deposit Account, For this reason the total cash

in the deposit account is shown as an asset and certain
amount is shown on the Debit side of the Budget as due
to the Deposit Account.
8. With reference to paragraph 4; the estimated
expenditure for 1345 is necessarily large owing to payments
for several important Public Works falling due during the
year, such as the ShaiVzh*3 Dew Palace in Manama, the
Sea Road, and the State Offloes, and also payment for most
of the wells under the well-boring contract.
9. At the sane time I would point out that the
amount of Bs. 1,00,000/- 3et apart for the Eleotrio Power
Soheme, can be considered as a reserve, as it is unlikely

that the State will be committed to any such soheme during
the year. It is certain that at the most only half of
the allotment for the upkeep of Roads will be spent, and
it is also sure that a saving of atleast half of Rs. 25,000/-
for compensation in land Cases, will be effected, The
expenditure on Education is shown at Rs. 36,000/- whereas
the total expenditure is Rs. 12,000/- and the balance is
merely set aside for future developments in this direction.
10. It is quite understood that the expenditure
for 1344 is out of proportion to the Revenue, This Is
owing to the various Public Works mentioned above.