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prices for lucerne, dates, and vegetables.
6. MUNICIPALITIES .
No public work of major importance was carried
out this year,the work of the Municipalities being
restricted as in 1945 to town cleaning, the widening
and re-surfacing of roads, and co-operating with the
Food Control Department in the rationing of foodstuffs.
7. PUBLIC WORKS .
Six rooms and several garages were added to the
Manama Palace. Four houses for married teachers were
constructed at the eastern end of the Manama primary
School playing ground. A new European private ward was
added to the State Hospital and an additional private
ward built on the ground floor.
The creek on the western side of the customs pier
has been filled^pand a beginning made with laying the
foundations of the new Customs Sheds. The old import
shed which is situated in the market is to be dismantled
and the site used for shops.
As an experimental measure a stretch of metalled
road was constructed from Manama to the Municipal boundary
to overcome the excessive moisture which is the cause of
many road accidents.
The Bahrain Government have contracted with
Messrs. Holloway Brothers for the installation of a
town water supply in Manama. Water will be distributed
through a ring-main round Manama feeding a sub-main with
extensions to private consumers, public wash-houses, and
street hydrants. The pumping plant, consisting of three
sets of pumps and storage tanks, will be located in the
Municipal Garden where there is a good supply of water.
Two new artesian wells are being sunk in the garden. The
scheme provides for the erection of a pump house and water
storage tanks, and the laying of over 16 miles of asbestos
cement piping. It will cost approximately £64,000 and it
is estimated will take at least 18 months to complete.
8. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT .
(i) New Installations .
The installation of the new 206 KW generating set
which arrived at the end of 1945 was completed in April.
The Shaikh officially set it working. It operated at 90^
of its capacity for long periods throughout the year. It
has been run on an open circuit owing to the difficulty
in obtaining equipment for a closed circuit cooling system,
resulting in a daily distilled water consumption of 1,400
gallons instead of the 90 gallons that would be used in a
closed circuit. As this water had to be brought by road-
tanker from jufair it added considerably to generating costs.
(ii) Extension to the power Supply .
During the year connection was given to a new B.O.A.C.
100 KW sub- station, new stores and machine tool workshops,
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