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Financial Position.—After meeting all charges a loss of Rs. 29,833-3-8 was shown for the year
1365. which has been debited to “ operating reserve
Water Distillation Plant. Naval Base Jufalr.—Owing to the partial closing of the Naval
Base, this plant which had supplied the Government requirements for distilled water since April
1946 was taken over in July on a lease of one year on a rental basis.
This was necessary, as the daily quantity of water required for generating plant, Hospital and
other domestic services could not be provided from any other source. The plant has been opera­
ted and maintained by the State Engineer’s department, and in addition to supplying the above
requirements on a repayment basis, it has provided water for the Naval Base, and H.M.’s sloops in
the Gulf, free of charge. The waiving of charges for water supplied to the Royal Navy was a con-
ditional clause in the hiring agreement between the Admiralty and the Bahrain Government.
Electricity Charges.—Electricity Charges remained as for the previous year excepting in
the cases of owners of flour Mills who were given a reduction of As. 1 per unit.
It is not possible at present to consider any general reductions in addition to the above, as
generating costs have increased owing to distilled water costs. It is intended however to review
the situation when additional generating plant becomes available and generating costs have been
reduced by the use of water heat exchangers and a water distillation plant, now on order by the Govern­
ment in England.

Building Extension.—Work completed consists of 7 Garages for Government M.T. vehicles,
Two Senior Staff residential quarters,
New Main Stores,
New Workshops for hand and machine tools.

FUTURE PROSPECTS
^ Additional Generating Plant.—Two 300 kW Mirrlees Metropolitan-Vickers Generat­
ing se ave been ordered and are due respectively for shipment in March and December 1947. Pre-
mary work is now m hand for the installation of the first set which will be erected in the Eastern
., xT °n ° , 6 °'ver House. Upon completion of the erection of the first set, the removal of the
• °! n 2 e C? immediately follow as the sites now occupied by them will be required for
♦h 1°* 1 °n °. 6 secon<^ 300 hW set referred to above, also an additional one, to bring up
tlTT8 t0 1200 kW “ planned in i945- Nos. i and 2 generating sets, each
ra e capacHy are now over *7 years old and are in a very low state of mechanical effi-
lency. ey are considered to be beyond economical repair as they require to be completely re-
,,the4C°St °* new P^5 and sk»lfod labour does not justify their retention, furthermore, the
co no e ciently carried out in Bahrain and their rated output of 100 kW each is not
economi rating from the view point of maintenance, running costs and increased power demands.
Their present mechanical efficiency is no more than 45% of their rated capacity per set.
Distillation Plant.—An order has been placed for a plant of Ten Tons capacity
per 24 hours and it is due for shipment in March 1947. This plant will provide distilled water for the
ectncity Generating plant, and M.T. vehicles. Also the Government Hospital, other Government
gs an private consumers domestic requirements. The plant is expected to arrive during
now in h9ald * ***** °n the Power House site- Preliminary work for its installation is

Building Extensions.—-The following work has been planned for completion during I3dd •
(1) New office accommodation on the Power House site.
(2) Erection of structure to carry distilled water tank of 1,200 gallons capacity, for No. 5
Generating set.
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(3) Foundation and erection of building to accommodate 10 ton/24 hour water distillatio
plant.