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Electricity. -6-

and a bill from Messrs. Callenders for running exp-

enses for the last month of 1349. Deducting these
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extraordinary amounts it is found that the cash loss
on the running during/was about Es 400/- per month,

if theMuharraq scheme had not been entered the loss
would be about 630/- per month apart from deprecia­
tion.

Consumption. It will be noticed that the unit con­
sumption in the case of public lighting is much less
than during 1349. This is accounted for by the fact

that the Lknicipalities reduced the wattage of their
street lighting to 25 per lamp instead of an average
of 60, for, from their point of view, economical reasons#

The units lost on transmission amount to Bs 23$. This
is a higher percentage than usual and is due to the five
substations being lightly loaded as will be seen by the

number of units generated during the year, with conse­
quent high transformer losses, This loss will decrease
as the load increases.

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Fuel oil,. Fuel oil cost per unit averages *33 annas
per unit generated and lubricating oil .09 annas. The
first figure compares very favourably with other diesel

stations in India which have a 60$ or 70$ load factor
whereas Bahrain at present is in the neighbourhood of

26$ only allowing for the station being closed between
November and April from 9-30 a.m. till 3.30 p.m.
•Prospects for 1351. If wiring continues at the pre­
sent rate it is hoped that enough load will be obtained

during the summer of 1351 to enable the plant to run
24 hours during the whole year.

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