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outpost duties, guard duties and patrols, The following permanent duties were undertaken by
the State Police and the Natur Force :—
State Police. Nnturs.
Manama Police Station 26 Hawar Island 6
Muharraq Police Station 14 Sitra 4
Manama night patrol 32 Cable and Wireless 4
Muharraq night patrol 8 Swaifia 4
Shaikh Hamad Bridge 13 Suk al Khamis 2
Agency Guard 4 A’ali 3
His Highness’s Guard 5 Safra 1
Traffic Control 12 Nasfah 2
Hedd Police Station .. 7 Hedd 2
Jida Jail 12 Galali 3
Jaw ......................... 4 Om al Shajar 2
Budeya 5 Halat al Naim 2
Cable and Wireless .. 3 R.A.F. Rest House 7
Manama Customs Pier ?4 Aerodrome 22
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The camel section and the mounted police patrolled the coast and the country from posts
at Budeya, Jaw and Zellaq in addition to mounted night patrols on Muharraq Island.

About 50 per cent, of the State Police took leave during the year, one month’s pay in lieu
of leave was granted to men who had over three months leave to their credit, in most cases men
who were due three months leave took a month's pay and two months leave. For some time after
the beginning of the war all leave had been cancelled which resulted in many of the Police accumulating
long periods of leave. Daily routine parades were held at the Fort and there was one musketry
course for recruits and for men who had previously failed. Owing to the shortage of men caused
by other duties it was not possible for every Policeman to fire on the range during the year. Dry
rations, rice, flour, ghee and dhall, were supplied to the Police, on payment, by the British Army,
other rations were bought through a local contractor. The Military Authorities also sold to the
State Police durries, blankets, murzi cloth, khaki caps and socks, some other general clothing stores
were purchased in India.

Many of the Police and Nalurs were originally pearl divers and were indebted to their Nakhudas
and in some cases they owed large sums. Every enlisted diver pays Rs.50 per annum to his Nakhuda
on account of diving debts. During 1363 over Rs.4,000 was recovered from the Police and Naturs
and refunded to Nakhudas, during the year 21 men discharged their obligations to their Nakhudas.

Among the various duties dealt with by the Police were checking car registrations, radio
licenses, issuing permits for drummers and dancers who attend weddings and other occasions and
issuing permits for visits to Nebi Salih island.
Jail. During the year 221 persons were admitted to prison and 228 prisoners were released.
The number is small in comparison to the population which is now probably in the neighbourhood
of ioo.ooo. Many of the prisoners were inveterate offenders who spend most of their lives in and
out of jail. One prisoner died during the year and one execution was carried out. Capital sentences
are dealt with by shooting, executions take place in public in front of the Fort, the State Police provide
a firing squad. The prisoners at Jida jail worked during the year on the construction of a pier at
Budeya, putting new ground under cultivation in the Government garden and weaving sailcloth
and the material for the prisoner’s clothes. Five hand looms were set up in a barasti building close
to the jail and long term prisoners were taught to weave. It is hoped that this prison industry will
develop, at the end of the year experiments were made in weaving durries with coloured patterns.