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POLICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY.

At the end of 1363 the strength of the State Police was as follows
State Police. Special Police. Naturs.
4 Officers. 1 Officer. 173 Naturs.
298 N.C.Os and men. 131 N.C.Os and men.
36 Civilians. 3 Civilians.
During the year 34 men were granted their discharge from the State Police, 15 of these men
were discharged on medical grounds most of them having become too old to be able to carry out
their duties, they were granted gratuities calculated on the length of their service. The other 19
men completed their four years’ service and did not re-enlist for a further period. One death occurred
during the year. Eighteen men wre seconded for service with the Royal Navy at Jufair. Twenty
recruits were enlisted.
Both the Police forces and the Naturs were under strength throughout the year but as the
men who offered themselves for enlistment were of a very poor type it was considered desirable to
postpone further recruiting until labour conditions became more normal.
Police Pay. In 1362 the Police pay was increased from a basic rate of Rs.25 per month
to Rs.27-8 per month with an additional allowance of Rs.3 per month and the Naturs, who do not
receive rations, were granted a war allowance of 12£ per cent, bringing their pay to Rs.28-2 per month.
During the year under review the following increased allowances were granted :—
State Police. Rs.3 per month Long Service allowance for men with over six years’ service.
Rs.io per month additional war allowance to all men with more than four years’ service who
re-enlisted for a further period of two years.
Rs.4 per month to men in the mounted sections.

Special Police. Rs.7 Rafaa allowance for men serving at Rafaa.
Rs.io additional war allowance for men with four years’ service enlisting for a further period.
Rs.3 clothing allowance for men while serving in Manama.
Naturs. Rs.13 per month additional war allowance.
A Policeman with over four years’ service in the State Police could draw the following pay
and allowances. Basic Pay, Rs.27-8, Good Conduct Pay, Rs.3. Long Service Pay. Rs.3, War Allowance,
Rs.io ; total pay and allowances Rs.43-8 and, in addition monthly rations costing the Government
Rs.24 per month, which were worth in the local bazaar approximately Rs.37, according to controlled
prices.
Duties and Administration. Towards the end of the year there was some dissatisfaction
among the Special Police who were quartered at Rafaa and employed on duties in the oil field. A
number of men having completed their four years’ service were- unwilling to re-enlist partly because
their duties prevented them from visiting their homes in Manama and Muharraq more than once
or twice a month and partly because in some respects they were not as well off as the State Police.
To remedy this situation an arrangement was made whereby every month a certain proportion of
the Special Police were stationed in Manama where they shared the normal duties of the State Police
and at the same time were able to have opportunities of visiting their families. This arrangement
combined with the increase in war allowances produced a satisfactory result and the majority of the
Special Police re-enlisted for a further two years when they completed their four years’ contracted
service.
Although it was possible during the year to make a slight reduction in the number of places
where Police guards were stationed'yet almost half the force was continuously employed upon