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revenue from oil for three mouths. Undoubtedly
the royalty on oil v/ill be greatly in excess of
this figure, Only one payment will be made by
tho oowpany to the State during the year 1355
the norfc payment is due in oeptomber and the

following payment is due at the ond of iaarch,
probably after the end of the arabic year 1355.
The remaining items of revenue which amount
to Rj 57,000/- do not call for any speoial comment,

I have estimated the total revenue from these
sources at a slightly higher figure than in the
1354 Budget.
Expenditure. Payments to the Ruling Family.
! An increase of h 44,000/- in the Civil List is

owing to the restoration of the 12jji cut v/hich
was ado in 1350.
One third of the oil royalty is paid into
the privy purse of the Ruler, The sum which
will be received by him will be very much

larger than the amount shown in the Budget.
{State Protection, h 1,40,000/-. This
item includes the oost of maintaining the State
Polioe Foroo, which has boon increased during
the last year and which is likely to be further

increased during 1355, the nature, prison adminis­
tration and the salaries of Amirs, The amount
allocated to state Protection is 15,000/- more
than was budgeted last year.

fkryernment departments. 3s 1,58,000/-.
This item is increased by approximately
3s 15,000/- more than was budgeted in 1354 owing
to the restoration of the 10^ cut on the salaries
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