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THE BAHRAIN ELECTRIC SUPPLY.

The Bahrain Electric Supply has been seriously

affected by the acute economic depression in Bahrain
which has deterred many people from the initial outlay
of installing electric light in their houses and shops*

This has been preeti particularly apparent in Muharraq
where the capital expended on the extension has pro­
duced less revenue than night reasonably have been

expected because so few of the leading merchants have
taken it up.
Muharaq extension. The decision to extend the elect­

ric power to Muharraq was made at the beginning of
1350. The work was carried out by Messrs. Callenders
Cable and Construction Co. whose tender was accepted
by the Bahrain Government. The amount of the tender

was Es 52,144/-.
The work was completed on 1st Jamadi al Awal 1350,
(13th Septr. 1931) and by the end of the year 24 con­

sumers had been connectei. The extension is connected
to Manama by approximately li miles of 3300 volt over­
head transmission line which is carried across the

shallow sea on poles built into islands along the site
of the Hanamah - Muharraq road. A submarine cable
approximately 700 yards long, lying on the bed of the

sea, conveys the current across the deep channel which
runs between the two islands, and is used as a passage
by boats travelling North and South. To prevent beats
crossing underneath the line in the Muharraq harbour,

a wooden boom has been placed between the islands on
which the poles are built. The high tension line ter­
minates at Muharraq in a step-down 3300/440 volt sub-