'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930' [‎159r] (322/474)

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on e?Z-27 and her Gonma/icler exchanged visit a wl t?i H.E. Sheikh Hamad.
Ho -visits war© paid by the ships of* the Royal Indian Marin©
d ur i n 5 t h e year,
Tlie 1 /id0-European Tolograph ship w Patrick Stewart” ran
aground on the -baont—i—JDaoal when bringing the Di rector* Persi an
'Suit o©c uion, 1 ndo ~E u r op a an telegraph D©par tmen t to Bahrein on
his annual visit.
There was a regular weekly mail service from India and a
fortnightly one from Basrah to Bombay. There has been no improve
ment in the punctuality of the slow Gulf mail service, if any-
thing, matters are worse than before as more ships appear to be
calling at Dubai .
Postal .
A branch of the Indian Pest Office is established in the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Manama* but it has not yet undertaken the duty of
delivering letters at addressees * residences* There iepo record
of the number of 1©tters postad bufc the r © ceipfcs fr cm the s a1e
of stamps .were Rs.11,700. The number of ordinary letters
received for delivery was roughly 1,20,424 and of registered
letters 3>094. . The number of registered letters posted in
Bajjeein was 3,500. Parcels of all kinds received were 7,430
while 270 only were posted. Gash Certificates purchased were
of Rs,10>555/s/- i n value. Rs.23,103/4/- were deppsited in the
Savings Bank and Rs.11,400/- were withdrawn. British Postal
orders to the value of Rs.611/12/6 were sold while orders to
hh© value of Rs. 17 %/ q /3 were paid. 4317 money orders of the value
ol Ks .2> 13»724/li/— v/ere issued the commission on which amounted
L0 Ra • 338 6/4/- while 47 money 01-ders to the value of Rs.i90O/l4/-
were paid