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electricity. -5-

The department also sells domestic appliances such

as regrigerators, heaters, kettles etc. and for these
there is a slow but steady market. With the exception
of the refrigerators all the material used now is

English. The fans which were originally installed
were Italian but a make of English fans is now being
used.
State Engineer. On the termination of Messrs.

Callenders1 work in Bahrain the Government appointed
Mr. W.B.Steele as State Engineer, on a four years

agreement. He had previously belonged to Messrs.
Callenders and had acted as their Executive Engineer
in Bahrain for some months during their work on the
Bahrain contract.
'Pt.ofC £ CXsr^c± 4o-5S«
The figures in the statements which accompany this
report show particulars of revenue and capital and
recurrent expenditure from which the financial posi­

tion of the undertaking can be ascertained-
The loss during the whole year includes, deprecia­
tion on all plant and machinery (generation and dis-
and
tribution) which is a very heavy item,/which has been
assessed at rates varying from 4 to 15$, and amounts
to h 32,000/- which is Es 5,000/- more than 1349.

But out of this amount Es 22,400/- is depreciation only
and it has increased considerably during 1350 owing to
the additional depreciation on the Muharraq, extension

material which has been calculated for the whole year.
The balance of the loss about Rs 9,600/- includes
certain items which are non-recurrent such as passages

to State Engineer on first appointment, furniture, rent
of a house for Power House staff leased for four years