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Land Department.

The only survey work which has been done
during the year, *part from plans for sale deeds
and registration of titles, was a survey of
certain areas claimed by his Excellency Shaikh

Sir Han ad and specially excluded from the area
over which the Bahrain Petroleum Company hold
their mining lease. These areas were surveyed by
the Land Department in conjunction with the com­
pany’s surveyors.

2. Aerial Survey. During the year the
Koyal Air Force carried out an aerial survey
of the .vhole of Bahrain, excluding Muharraq

which has already been photographed from the
air. This work was done at the request of the
Bahrain government and the 3ahrain Petroleum
Company, the latter are interested in obtaining
a record of Land under cultivation at the begin­

ning of the Mining Lease and the aerial re photo­
graph was the best method of registering the
cultivation. The cost of the survey will be

paid for by the Bahrain government and the Bahrain
Petroleum Company, each paying half. When time
and money permit the Land Department will link
up their own survey work, which includes almost
all the cultivated area in Bahrain, with the

aerial map which is to be produced. This will
be a very valuable record combining boundaries,
water rights etc. etc., but it will take a great
v&
deal of work and at present the re ^nobody available
to undertake it.
3. Registrations. Thera has been an increase
in the number of registrations during the year and