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8. The American I'ission, The medical

staff of the American Mission has been increased
by the addition of Dr. Thoms who is a specialist
in eye diseases, A European nursing home is
being built partly in the garden of the men’s
hospital and partly on a small piece of ground,

adjacent to the Shia cemetery, which was given
to the Mission for the building, The Mission
continues to maintain a school for boys and
another for girls; the students at both these

schools are mostly foreigners and a great pro­
portion of them are jews.
An additional piece of ground which was
given by the Bahrain government as an extension
of the Christian cemetery has been walled round

and new gates and repairs have been made to the
old cemetery, The funds for this work were
collected locally by the American Mission.

9. Press nropogan^a. There has been a
decrease in the amount of press propoganda
about Bahrain in the Arab and Persian news­
papers which is probably due to the strictness

in giving visas to journalists who used frequently
to visit Bahrain. The most inaccurate and mis­
chievous article which appeared during the year
was in the nSpheren of 30th September. It is

regrettable that an English newspaper of good
reputation should have published an untrue and
damaging description of Bahrain.
10. Counterfeit coins. At the end of
1351 a serious position was caused owing to the

number of counterfeit and suspect rupees which were
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circulated in the bazaar. All coins were tested