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Muharraq Pnnicipal ity.

Revenue 1350 Us 37,122/- 1351 Rs 33,919/-

Exnenditure " 28,916/- ,f 27,758/-
Outstanding against the Balndiye, Rs 3,14l/-

Loon from Manamah Bal: diya — also us 23,313/-
loan from the Bahrain Govt, for installation
of electric supply in Muharraq. The expenditure
for 1351 includes payment of on instalment,. fo 7,7717-

due to the Government from the account loaned for
electric extension.

Very little new work of importance, apart from
the usual activities of the municipality such as
street lighting, cleaning, repairs to roads etc.

has been curried out during the y ,?or.
Several streets in the bazaar were re-roofel,
the pier wa3 resurfaced end some roads were widened

and awkward corners were removed. The style of
building in Muharraq town is not conducive to
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road widening as most of the houses are tv/o^ three

storied and the greater proportion of them ore
built of stone. The toxin is congested, surrounded

on throe sides by the sea, and as there has never
been any room for expansion the tendency in the
past has been to reduce the width of the streets in
order to make more room for houses, There are no

maidans or open spaces in Muharraq town and it is
partly for this reeson that the heat in the summer

becomes so excessive that many of the Muharraq
people migrate to Ifanamoh during the hot weather.
A great improvement has been effected by the
filling in of one end of the creek at the liih&rreq