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MINORS' DEPARTMENT
(From the report of Mr. Mohomed Dowaiger, Superintendent of the Department.)
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure, 1370.

Receipts. Expenditure.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
Proceeds of Estates and Com­ Maintenance allowances, etc. 1,02,9.17 o o
pensation eases 82,223 9 11 Purchase of Properties 16,712 8 6
Rents collected 1,48,636 2 1 Upkeep of buildings 62.798 9 5
Refund of loans .. 12,60,175 o 0 Cash payments 2,70,102 4 7
Interests on loans .. 92,102 8 0 Loans advanced .. 16,02,265 8 0
Government’s loan 2,50,000 0 o Refund to the Eastern Ban!
the overdrawn amount .. 27.799 15 2
Deposits 1.32.177 5 9 Balance in the Eastern Bank
By sale of properties .. i,n,99i 5 4 as at the closing of the
Debts recovered 19,581 10 6 year 14,261 11 11
Total Rs. 20,96,887 9 7 Total Rs. 20,96,887 9 7

During the year the department took over the administration of eight new estates and dealt
with thirteen compensation payments by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, distributing the amounts
to heirs of the persons concerned. The estate eases were not of particular importance, the largest
being valued at half a lakh.

Rents were collected from 485 different properties, the total amount collected was Rs. 1,48,600.
Repayment of loans amounted to Rs. 12,60,000, which was approximately 2 lakhs more than in
1369. Interest on loans was Rs. 92,000.
The Government made a loan of 2$ lakhs to the department.

Sales, which included seven houses, two plots of ground, a shop and a printing press, produced
Rs. 1,12,000. Rs. 19,500 was recovered from debtors to estates, this sum included a number of old
diving debts.

Departmental Account.
Income. Expenditure.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
Balance from 1369 56.904 7 6 Refund to the general interests
account for 1368 & 1369 .. 20,450 3 ii
Government annual grant .. 24,000 0 0 Staff salaries, Provident Fund
contributions and contin­
Charge of 5 % on interests, etc. 73.531 3 1 gencies 30,652 5 0
Interest on loans 19,800 0 0
Saving .......................... 83.533 1 8
Total Rs. 1.54.435 10 7 Total Rs. 1.54.435 7

Allowances amounting to Rs. 1,03,000 were paid to 536 minors during the year. At the end
of the year 62 minors received their full share in estates on attaining majority and 474 minors remained
in the charge of the department.
New properties to the value of Rs. 16,700 were bought and Rs. 62,800 was spent on the
upkeep of properties under the department’s administration.
During the year 16 lakhs were paid out in loans and Rs. 12,85,000 was outstanding from the
previous year. From these sums the department has collected Rs. 12,60,000.