'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎154v] (308/416)

rm, a secretary of the Manamah Municipality, ’All bm Husain al Tvlialfan,
was Invited during the year of mis-appropnatmg Mumcpal funds-umposon-
ed and dismissed from his post.
n public Works: —Owing to financial stringency no works of any im
portance were undertaken.
io Electric Department.-(l) Approximately 17,000 more units were sold
a * fW vea? under review than in 1933. 527 houses were connected to cur-
during the >ear unuci ieyicw P 11 o „ vpr iqqq
rent during the year : an increase of 113 over 193.5.
• n A to October the price of wiring houses was reduced
* ST&VffS %£Z£2 -
. , „ + n lnnVimip line was constructed to the landing ground
of iSK^i^ited^ Muharraq and a small exchange was estab-
fished in that town. n
C!) The Wireless Station of Gable and Wireless Limited was connected to
the local electric supply during the year.
o ^ 7 , . m Thorp are six Government boys and girls schools m
13. Education. (1) , ,, wprp ocq students on the rolls at the end
Manamah and Muharraq and there the (mf i 0 f the preced-
teachers'were 1 in” the employment of the Education Department
at the end of the year. ^
(2) The Boy Scout. Movement was introduced into the Manamah and
Muharraq schools during the year.
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been°well below 8 thi^ average. With one exception no sales of ahy importance
The present unsatisfactory condition of the pearl industry is due largely
to the growth of the Japanese cultured pearl industry. ■ c ■.; J
(2) The total value of the trade amounted to Bs. 1,51,57,800 as compare<
with Ks. 1,58,72,400 in 1033. q 1 <u‘!0l|
ned during the previous year.
4 The fifth res tof Mports are not aoeurate s^n^few of tte
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unknown. . .
(5) Smuggling of tea and sugar from Bahrain to Persia is suspected.
15. Industries.—Nil. nrml w
16. . 4 /Meries.--Interest in football (soccer) has not waned and the
of Clubs is on the increase. in(r
17 Boat Building and Shipping—(l) The total number o aunc ^
for hi vp on the 31st December was 59, including 15 tawwasha iau -
fgainst 57 ou the corresponding date of the previous year. ^
(2) 340 pearling craft were licensed during the year as compared m
licensed during the preceding yeai. n aailin 0, craft
(3) During the year 0 new motor launches were ^imported into
was converted into a motor launch. Two motor launches were imp
Bahrain. ' i • nnd 3 Italian
(4) 154 British ships, 12 German ships, 5 Japanese s nps.^ 14 o British
ships entered and cleared the Port of during the previous
ships anH 10 German ships that entered and cleared the p
year.