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No. ?>'&<>/SF. of 1354
Office of the Advi3erto
the Goyc:r.ii.ient, Bahrain,
Dated, R/AWal. 59 1354
June 1935.
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From
The Financial Adviser to
the Government of Bahrain,
Bahrain,
Persian Gulf.

To
h. B. "fs Political Agent,
Bahrain.

Sir,
I have the honour to forward for your infor­
mation the Budget of the Bahrain State for the

year 1354 with a report on Revenue and Expenditure
and the annual report for the year 1353. This is
the tenth Budget which I have had the honour to
prepare.
2. The financial position of the State is

distinctly better than it was at the beginning of
last year. Revenue from normal sources has
exceeded the revenue of 1352 by approximately half

a lac ana the ordinary expenditure during 1352 was
sli^atly less than the total revenue. Owing to
the unexpected receipt of over one lac from sale
of land to the British Government, it was possible
for this government to spend Rs 30,000/- on the

construction of the Manamah-Uuharraq road which