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fa 1,64,000/- on speoiul projects and the remain­
ing fa 1,11,000/- will be set aaide for unfor-

oeen expenditure or to be expended later in
the year by another Supplementary Budget.

The anti-malarial measures provided for
in the Budget oonsist of draining and filling
in areas containing stagnant mosquitoe breeding

water. These measures are in addition to the
spraying with oil which is now being carried out
by the Police and Uunioipal authorities.
The sewer at Hedd is a long filthy drain
running through the oentre of the town which is
probably the cause of muoh of the fever in that

plaoe. The channel, which is wide, will be
filled in and made into a much needed road.
The two ponds, one north west of the Fort, the

other near the Juma mosque at Jedhafs oontain
stagnant water v/hioh increases and diminishes
according to the amount of rain.

Last year the Kan amah municipality, though
very short of funds, spent fa 4,000/- in filling

in some of the water pita south of the town.
This year the Government can afford to assist
the municipality in continuing this useful work.
The money spent on these sohemes will all be
spent locally on labour and stone. The muni-

oipalitie8 will be asked by the Government to
undertake most of this work.
Radical. Until now the Government of
Bahrain has spent comparatively little on medical

work the bulk of whioh has been carried out by
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