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(iv) At the end of the year the Company's employees numbered as
follows :—
British ........... 224
Americans . .... r ... . 90
British Indians . . . . . . . . . 422
Bahrainis .......... 1,596
Others . . . ...... . . ... 286
(v) Roughly 5,000 barrels of oil daily are now being brought by barges
from the California Arabian Standard Oil Company's oil field in Dammam,
to be refined in the Bahrain Petroleum Company's Refinery.
The following refined products are being exported :—
Ethylized Gasoline
Straight Gasoline
Kerosene
Diesel Oil
Fuel Oil
Shipments are chiefly to India, South Africa and Australia.
(vi) Construction is still continuing, though on a reduced scale. Plans
have been approved for the installation of a polymerization plant in 1939.
Living and recreational facilities have been considerably improved.
(vii) Mr. F. A. Davies representing the Bahrain Petroleum Company
and Major Frank Holmes, representing Petroleum Concessions, Limited,
were for some weeks in Bahrain for the purpose of negotiations for the Un
allotted Area.
7. Agriculture.. —Tne agricultural expert lent to the Bahrain Govern
ment by the Government of India spent two months (from the 5th March
to the 14th May 1938) in Bahrain survejdng possibilities of agriculture, but
at the time of writing his report is still awaited—with much diminished
patience.
8. Customs. —The customs revenue amounted to Rs. 11,58,547 during
the year as compared with Rs. 10,27,154 during 1937. Of this amount
transit duty on shipments to the mainland and other parts amounted to
Rs. 2,19,942 as compared with Rs. 1,08,561 during the previous year.
9. Municipalities.—Manama. —Experiments in constructing a section
of metalled road were begun towards the close of the year. A new road was
opened from Suk al Araba' to Barrett street.
Muharraq. —Work was begun at the end of the year on the sea road
from Muharraq to Busaitin.
10. Public Works. —A dispensary and out-patients building, with a flat
for the State Medical Officer, were nearing conpletion at the end of the year.
Work was also begun on the new State Hospital.
A P. W. D. shed was completed, and also 12 married quarters for Police
Non-Commissioned Officers at the Fort.
Towards the end of the year, the extension of the Customs pier to reach
deep water, where dhows can unload at all tides, was begun.
11. Electric Department. —A new 300 kilowatt generating set was
installed during the year to deal with extra load.
The Municipal ice plant operated throughout the summer, but is still
inadequate to supply local demands.
12. Education—
Number of schools on the 1st January 1938 .... 10
Schools opened during the year ...... A T t7.
Schools closed during the year ...... Nil.
Students on rolls on the 1st January 1938 . . . . 1,113
Students on rolls on the 31st December 1938 .... 1,317
Teachers on the Ist January 1938 ...... 42
Teachers on the 31st December 1938 ..... 45
In the spring of the year, a new wing for teaching engineering and welding
work w T as added to the Bahrain Government Technical School.