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Approximately 140,000 square feet of low-lying ground on the south of the town was filled in
with town rubbish covered with sand. For many years the ground on the south of the town has
presented a problem. In the days when mud was used much more than it is now for building and
roofing houses the people of Manamah removed earth and mud from this area, lowering the level of
the ground and leaving large pits which filled with stagnant water. Over a course of years most of
this area has now been refilled but there is still some low-lying ground which after rain becomes swampy.
Each year the Municipality reclaims sections of this land.
Municipal inspectors examined 2,150 head of cattle and 28,872 sheep and goats at the slaughter
house.
Additional town lights and 107 new Municipal rubbish bins were erected and metal plates
containing street names were put up.

The Municipal area was extended, by agreement with the government, to include Urn al
Ilassam and Jufair.

Shaikh Daij bin Hamed Al Khalifah was appointed vicc-Prcsident of the Municipal Council,
to act in place of the President if the latter should be absent from Bahrain.
In the budget for 1371 a deficit in the revenue is shown which will be made up from the sale of
plots of land on the land south of the town which the Municipality has reclaimed.

MUHARRAQ MUNICIPALITY

(From the report of Mr. Ibrahim Khalfan, Secretary of the Muharraq Municipality.)
Statement of Revenue and Expenditure, Year 1370.
Revenue. Expenditure.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
House Tax 32,311 n 6 Staff Salaries.......................... 50,509 7 n
Shop Tax 24,628 6 6 Office Expenses 3.805 13 6
Government Grant .. 40,500 0 0 Road Repairing and Transport 56,142 8 9
Share of Vehicle Tax.. 15.456 1 6 Town Cleaning 27,299 1 o
Wood, Ghee and Sheep Tax 27,795 0 i Widening Roads 45.456 1 0
Rent of Property 17,322 12 0 Town Lighting 2,045 11 0
Water Rents 1,673 0 0 Pauper Burials 2,538 12 0
Construction Fees 3.095 3 0 Upkeep of Property 201 1 0
Miscellaneous .. 7.544 4 6 Upkeep of Public Wells 1,123 13 6
Peddler Tax 185 4 0 Miscellaneous 5.448 0 0
Poor Relief .. 590 8 0
1.70,512 0 1
Deficit .. 24,648 14 1
Rs. 1,95,160 14 2 Total Rs. 1,95,160 14 2

In the 1370 budget the financial committee of the Municipal Council anticipated a deficit of
Rs. 61,500. The actual deficit was Rs. 24,600 owing to a curtailment of expenditure on road-
widening and some other projects and an increase in revenue over the previous year of Rs. 21,000.

In the 1371 budget a deficit is again anticipated; this time it is Rs. 1,64,000. A large item
of non-essential expenditure is the allocation of Rs. 1,00,000 for road-widening. The financial com­
mittee of the municipality appear to have small knowledge of the principles on which a budget should
be framed.