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signing of the agreement for the Kuharrek extension was

held up for llessrs. Callenders to make some efforts to
reduce the noise caused by the Power Mouse which makes

itself a nuisance to the Agency, The contractors referred
the whole Question to the makers of the machinery in
England who are sending out a complete outfit of appa­

ratus for one engine which, it is thought, will effectively
reduce the sound* ^Vhen the site of the Power House was

originally decided 11.3.MTs Political Agent protested against
its being so near to the Agency but withdrew his protest

on being informed that the noise would not inconvenience
the inhabitants of the Agency, This information was given

by the Bahrain government on the assurance of the Resident
Engineer whose opinion was accepted as that of an expert.

Any delay in the commencement of the work which may result
from postponing the signing of the agreement after the
contractors are prepared to start working will cause fin­

ancial loss to this government, so it is hoped that the

question of this complaint will not cause any further
delay.
Total no. of houses wired till now - 222

it lamps in use ------- 1497
n fans tt 268