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i-n question hoc served for about lb :ionc.:s in
the police and is at present neither u suitable

or capable nun for the post which is on*: of con­
siderable responsibility requiring a nan of a^e
and experience, The work is now be ing curried
on by the two senior havildurs, one of then

deals lainly with the investigation of criminal
cases and the other is responsible for the routine
at the Tort and the parades, This arrangement
is, so far, satisfactory. The son of the lute

Superintendent is learning court work and it is
proposed that he should oe sent to India, if
arrangements can be nude, to acquire experience
of Indian police methods and administration.

3. Duties. rhe police work generally does
not vary much but one or two changes have been
lade during the year, lx was found advisable

to detail a whole section for duty in the ^ana.mah
oazaar in the day tine owing to xhe increase in
motor traffic etc. The bazaar beat was formerly
provided by the naturs but the authority of the
uniformed police is mere effective in work of

this type.
4. The police now go for a route march every
ounday and once or twice during the year all
men who are availaole go out for several days

making a complete tour of the island and camping
outside various villages. The people of Bahrain
are surprisingly insular; most of the police are
recruited from the towns of ^ananah and L'uharraq
;
and very few of them have ever been- into the
country beyond ilanamah. The sight of the police
on march with iheir oand ha3 a good effect on the