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incessantly that their tenants fail to pay their
rents. In many coses this is tree bn*, the
gardens ore almost elv»ay3 leased for more ! nor.
they are worth cs the tenants essur.? *i.ot u

certain proportion of thv re no will he cancelled
according to un old and very misled dir.?: custom.
Recently the landlords neve given up granting
any remission, with the result that nosz cf the
tenants are prosecuted in the court by the land­

lords at the end of the lease for recovery of
rent. In most cases they ore ur.sble to nay
so their houses and belongings are solo by

auction by order of the Court.
4. No attempt has been made by the Govern­
ment during the last two years to develop the
agricultural potentialities of the country, owing

to lack of funds, but I an confident that there
are greet possibilities of improvement *nd expan­
sion in this direction. Thousands of acres of

lend are suitable for cultivation ir. areas where
it is known that artesian water cor. be. obtained.
Few people grow anything except, dates, lucerne
end the few local fruits end vegetables which have
always been cultivated here. It is now known

thet cotton, oranges and rice can be grown success­
fully in Bahrein. .111 of these crops have valu­
able possibilities. J'any European vegetables
grow well in Bahrain and there is an ever increas­
i,
ing demand for them as well as fer different varieties
cf fruit, r.ot only among the foreign population
;* but-among Arabs who have acquired a taste for thee
when travelling in Iraq and in India.

Encouragement is needed from the government

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