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Manamah Municipality. -3- i[

Ras Rouman Road. Four houses on the South of the
Agency garden were purchased and demolished in order

to start a road, which is a continuation of the road
passing the Agency entrance from East to West and
which will finally link up with the Man amah - Maharaq
sea-road.
Fruit Market, A new fruit market adjoining the

fish market was built by the Municipality at Shaikh
Hamad’s expense on his own property, The floor is

made of cement with facilities for sluicing over and
the roof and sides are of palm sticks with cement
pillars. This is a very great improvement on the old
fruit market which was dirty and dark and which could

not easily be cleaned. Manamah now owns good meat,
fish and fruit markets which are cleaned daily and

supervised by the Municipality, A pipe line laid into
the meat market from a neighbouring well provides a
supply of water for cleaning the floors and the tiled
counters of the stalls.

Public lighting, 46 new lights were installed in
the streets and bazaars.
Municipal garden. The wall of the garden was repaired

and cages were made to contain various wild animals,
gazelles, jackals, a vulture and an oryx which form the
beginning of a zoological garden.
Poor boxes. Boxes were placed in the streets and

bazaars and outside some of the mosques, for contri-
butions to the poor, About Rs 30/- was .collected in
this way in one month.