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Education.

1. There is little to report on tnis subject.
Owing to financial necessity the expenditure on
education was reduced in the last budget from

Kb 40,COO/- to 30,000/- but in spite of this drastic
reduction it has been possible to keep all the
schools open and the number of students on the
rolls has increased during the year from 828 to 966.

The average attendance during the year v/as 750.
Classes in some of the schools have been combined
with a consequent reduction in the number of teachers.
The top form of the liuharraq boys school takes lessons
in T.snamah and in crier to save the expense of pur­

chasing furniture one of the classes in "uharraq
occupies the school mosque as a form room, The
work of education has continued as before though

rerhsps some of the teachers are less efficient than
tr.ose who were employed during the previous year.
2. The distribution of the schools is as
follows
Boys, j.ruharraq 302 students.
I/anamak 248
Head 116
Rafaa 68
xilawiya 50
Girls. L'anamah 108
Maharaq 74
•966. enrolled.

3. Six boys from the government schools were
appointed during the year as apprentice clerks in
government offices. In tnese cases the salary
commences at Hs 50/- per month. There is very greet

competition among the boys leaving the schools for
eny vacant posts in the governs.ni offices. Several
locally educated boys have held such posts for some
years and their work has been very satisfactory.