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MOHABRAX &J1HCIPALI7Y.

This institution being of more recent growth then, the
Manana Municipality has less funds available for its activi-
ties. The following works have been carried out apart from
the usual town cleaning.
25 shops were partially demolished in order to widen

roads in the bazaar. The gradual widening of the streets,
though destroying much that is picturesque, makes the town

very much less dangerous in these days of increasing motor
traffic,
13 houses were partially demolished in order to widen
roads in the residential part of the town.

A road from the old shore of the town to the new Sea-
road has been filled in.

A road, suitable for motor traffic, has been made from the
Sea Road through the town to the plain on the north of Ihihar-
rak which relieves the narrow bazaar road of much of the pre­
vious traffic.

The bay opposite the Customs house, previously an evil
smelling backwater, has been filled in and the reclaimed
ground is now a very valuable site.
Several drains have been made from wells inside the town d

down to the sea to carry off surplus water in which mosqui-
toes were breeding. Four shops and two offices were built

by the Municipality on a piece of Municipal ground, The
roofs of the bazaars have been repaired in numerous places.
Attention has been paid to house drains end water shoots

v/hich were previously in many cases insanitary and dangerous
to the public health.
The Government gifted a piece of land on the north of the
town as a future municipal garden but owing to necessity e£

for economy a well has not yet been bored on it.
The town as a whole is remarksoly clean especially in