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During the year 39 boys obtained work with the Bahrain Petroleum Company, Most of these
were from the Primary Schools, being boys who had completed only one or two of the four years of the
course. The following table gives the details :—
School. No. of Boys.
Secondary 6
Manama Primary z
Muharraq Primary 7
Hedd Primary.. 5
Rafa Primary .. 13
Sitra Village .. 7
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23 boys left the Secondary School at the end of the summer term and arc working as follows -
Bahrain Petroleum Company 6
Government Schools 6
Government Offices 3
Special Police 1
Public Relations Office 1
Cable and Wireless Ltd. 1
Private Business 2
Beirut University 1 .
Returned to Primary School 2
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The Director paid two visits to Kuwait during the year : the first in R/Awal (March 1943) and
the second in Dulqaada (November 1943).

Finance.
Expenditure 1362.
Estimated. Actual Remarks.
Rs. Rs.
Salaries 100,126 1x3,687 War Allowance
Books and Stationery 5,020 5.444 increased.
General 6.470 8,184 Rise in prices.
Medical 7.000 1,960 No doctor available.
Hostel 11,040 12,219 Rise in prices.
Furniture 3.466 4.5« #»
Games 1.000 715
Religious Schools .. 1,400 1.460
Transport .. 5.000 2,140
140.522 150.320
Revenue 1362.
Estimated. Actual.
Rs. Rs.
Hostel Fees 7,000 10,208
British Council Grant 6,900 6,900
Rent of Godowns .. 342
Sale of Stationery .. 343
13,900 17.793

The past three years have shown a largo increase in the expenditure on Boys' Education, the
figure for the year 1360 of Rs. 75,000 being doubled in 1362. The estimate for 1363 shows a further