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The first floor is given up entirely to dormitories, masters’ quarters and the Warden’s flat.
The ground floor contains common rooms, Staff room, reading room and library, mosque, sick bay
and Medical Inspection room, games rooms, kitchens, etc., and cloakrooms.
The design of all the elevations is plain, no attempt being made to add any decorative detail,
except for some "Arabic panels" over the main entrance, as it was hoped that the general sense of line
and the use of repetition of features would produce a building both dignified and functional in charac­
ter. The Hostel is built of coral stone finished with white plaster, and the first floors and roofs arc
of reinforced concrete, laid as continuous spans over steel joists. Flush doors arc fixed throughout,
and the floors, generally, arc of cement. The Hall floor is of red tiles and the dais is of teak. The
Hall is panelled to a height of 7.0 ft with mahogany and teak panelling. The roof of the Hall is of
corrugated asbestos, carried on steel trusses, to the underside of which a panelled ceiling is fixed. From
outside, most of the roof is hidden behind a rather high parapet wall.
The whole compound, in which the new Secondary school also stands, is enclosed by a diamond
mesh wire fence. Garages, servants’ quarters and cycle sheds have been added ; and playing fields
for football, volley ball and basket ball, etc., arc projected.
The wrought iron gates were supplied by Messrs. Gardner & Sons Ltd. of Bristol, the steel
windows by Messrs. Williams & Williams Ltd. of Chester and the sanitary ware by Messrs. Twyford
& Sons. The building was designed and built entirely by the Public Works Department, the over­
seer in charge of construction being Mr. Salahuddis, and the total cost was Rs. 10,86,540.

PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURE
1370
Rs. Rs.
Capital Expenditure Productive:
Completion of Dilmun House..................................... 76,125
New Shops, Flats and Garages East of Dilmun House 1.93.977
New Block of European Flats (Under Construction) .. 3.39.913
6,10,015
Major Works :
Completion of Hostel, Servants’ Quarters, Garages and Channel
from Hostel to Sea Shore ................................................. 2,80,960
New Girls’ School......................... 6,48,233
New Secondary School (Under Construction) .. 4.62,744
New Muharraq Boys’ School (Under Construction) 63,922
New Mental Hospital ............................................................ 1.16.997
Additional T. B. Wards............................................................ 83.329
New Women Dispensary, East Rafaa..................................... 35.219
New Women Dispensary, Karzakan..................................... 13.252
New Health Office (Under Construction) i.xi.335
Police Quarters, M. I. Room, Stables, etc................................... 1.48.764
Construction of New Transport Shed..................................... 1,37.855
Customs Pier Reclamation ................................................. 1,68,519
Completion of Customs Shed ................................................. 72,38r
Pier Repairs and Crane............................................................ 1,28,009
•24.71.519
Miscellaneous Works :
Extension Khamis and Sitra Schools 27.316
Verandah in front of 0. P. Dispensary 3.089
Transport Officer’s House ......................... 62,550
Transport Store................................................ 30.051
Enlargement of Passport Office......................... 26,534
Assistant 0.1. C., P. W. Department’s House .. 30,592