Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎241r] (486/1028)

Manamah, Muharraq, Hide! and Galali, where the waste water had aheady
become a danger to public health. Orders were also given for the provision of
suitable valves to prevent water being wasted and for the casing of a J )oies.
Certain initial and annual fees have been laid down and provision has been mac e
for inspection by a Government official.
8 AoriculUire.—(i) The experimental orange trees have again borne
excellent" fruit and when and if more ^ funds become available, it should be
possible to develop this branch of agriculture.
(ii) A quantity of ‘ mesquit ’ seeds (a thorny quick growing tree suitable
for firewood) were'obtained from Dera Ismail Khan by the courtesy of Mr. B. J-
Gould Resident in Waziristan ; and both seeds and seedlings have been given
to His Exoplleney Shaikh Hamad bin ’Isa A1 Khalifah and to certain ocal mdi-
viduals interested in agriculture. It was hoped that if the experiment was suc-
« ssful large areas might be planted with them in order to avoid dependence on
f hpp Persian Coast for supplies of firewood. As, however, an oil
industry is developing in Bahrain, there is not perhaps the same necessity, as
here was’in the pasCfor securing an home-grown supply of firewood
exposed to the high winds which prevail m Bahiam. ^ .
o (u,stems G) Tlie Customs revenue amounted to Rs. 5,53,393 as agains
Bs 0 H 5>*4 collected during the previous year. The declme m commodity
prices is’ chiefly responsible for this declme. „ ^ M u „
(«) The cipumstances attendant on ^tlaMdf’^ah Gove^nt the
(piestioii" of'tlieHevytofl transit dues ahont^'Teltlernenfof
on the mainland. Endeavours e8 t '- es j n (p e meantime cargo for
1^SX ^GSStdVomVeamer to lighter on payment of two per
WondT?h“uri
IS work "m deaning*and small improvements in road widening m the
ba S 8 In Muhl^aq a causeway has been constructed^s for as t^deep water
SSftiHhStSe pemSnrf the X enters and the work was super-
Uncial stringency no works of any magnitude
^12™^™.--^) Six boys schools and two ^rls
on the 1st January. No schools were opened or closed du ^ ,
on tne : fwpritv t ] iree boys and one hundred
(ii) On the 1st January six hundred and tve gix hull a r ed and
and ninety girls were on the rolls and % T1 were twenty-
twentv-nine hovs and one hundred and nmety-eigiit gins.
seven teachers emploved throughout the year. ^ a i i t noxdno-
m BuyBwhop.sB^ofGove^^.^v^^^
Certificates and no candidate f° r . a c ^ents of other schools are allowed
It payment of a fee.
The Persian school has ^7^^"’ ar f BaUrai jghi’ah is doing
(u) A school in Manamah started a year ago D} a -Da ^
WG ^‘ /-x T 4 I rU hopn possible to summarize the accounts of
13. Trade.—(i) It lias not yet } « P f t p e ca t c h. From all accounts,
the Diving Clerks m order 1 toascer m quan tity and the market was stagnant.
WtsrsasaBs ssjksu-. »«»■.«««»—.
to find buyers. , M p t p ave suggested the advisability of
(«) Several eadmg Pearl for a s eason. This would benefit
toofplTfrom past seasons but if adopted would mean that dwers