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ut the oil camp in any v/ay, either by a police
post or by nature. During the year there have
been frequent thefts at the c*i:ips as well as a
case of assault which almost caused the death
of a Somali. iTnen such iaatters have been

reported, the police have investigated the cases
but none of the robberies have been traced.
According to the concession agreement the Bahrain
government assumes certain responsibility in the

case of thefts etc. The present position is
unsatisfactory. The company is known to be
employing a number of bad characters many of
whoa have served terms of imprisonment for theft

and ether crimes, the naturs working at the camp
are under the company1s orders, not under orders
of the government, ana the nearest police post
is at Sakhir ana only while the Ruler is in

residence.
13. Crime. Dacoity. During the second
half of this year there has been a recurrence of
crimes which in India would be described as
dacoity. Within a few months attacks were

made on the village of Zinj, about li miles
east of the Mananah Sort,and Barbar, a big
village on the Budeya road. At Zinj the house

of the richest man in the village was attacked by
about a dozen men armed v/itn rifles. The house
was searched and a chest containing several thou­
sand rupees was removed. The owner of the house,
an old mail, and his wife were severely beaten by

the robbers and later the old nan died partly
as a result of the attack.