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ohitt utthl Department.

wsvenue ?a b6,vuu/-

x,xpenaiture iU <stf,uou/-
There is very ill tie to report on the onia
tia.-rt* neuartment. it lies carried out its usuaj.

auties auring the year or administering the
».aki tunas ar.n in improving the waKi properties,
over young date trees were planted in .iuKi
gardens, id mosques were repaired ana certain

shares in the garaens were purchased in craer to
cor.soiiaate waKi property, jour garaens were the
subject oi litigation in the court and v.ere provea

to be viola'. The department arinea two artesian
wens, one ot which was a laiiure, south of laonaina,
ana obtainea a water supply which v.as sumcient
to put unaer cultivation a large piece o^r ia-r.a

which v.as v.akf property.
it is lixeiy that eariy in the next year
there v.lii be an election lor the majxis ol’ the

wakf aepartment. The' present renters have sat
on it for several years ana it is auvisabie that
they shouia be changed occasionally, The iiakf
aepartment has aiso befen criticisea by the general

public v/ho consider that auring last year it paia
l:
j too much4 attention to improving wakf gardens
whose income was paid to ohainh ^bauiiah, the

uhia ^aai ol' Kanamah. There is some founaation
for this criticism.