"ملف 8/8 التقرير الإداري للوكالة ١٩٢٢-١٩٣٠" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٩] (٤٧٤/٤٠٢)

the money to build a new fish market, a great improvement on
the insanitary huts which preaecLu it. This market is worth ||
300/. a month, and Shaikh Hamad has given it to his spoiled • o-
Daij, aged 14.
wrp.i.m womb . The Shiah school was completed, and the
Manama-Muh&rraq[ Qauseway commenced. The re-roofing of the
Import shed was completed, and in September Kessrs, Callenders
commenced work on the Blectric Supply ocaerae.
CTTIfli'.TIQH. On the 15th March the Manama Shiah school
was opened, and a Boys school in Hedd and a new Girls school
in Manama have been opened. The despa tab ii oi 7 boys to beirut
University at entirely disproportionate cost of one third of
the total education budget has not proved a great success and |
is probable that some will not toe *ept on taere. She boys
were not selectee for intellectual attainments, ana are far
too backward U usnefit by University training.
The American Mission maintained two day schools, on
for boys and the other for girls. The girls school suffered
from the opening of a Government girls school and lost almost
' all its pupils. The Rev. Mr. Hakken also takes night classes
in English.
ym.IGE FORCE . The members of the India "olice
dwindles to 85, and Arabs were maintained at B4. A force of
some 150 naturs or night-watchmen also exists. Public security
has been good throughout the year, except for a demonstration
of 206 divers at Muharraq demanding increased advances and a
A.; • ‘ at Hedd over two boys of easy virtue. There were k*xxxx
201 prisoners in the State Jail during the year, a marked
decrease on former years•
The year was a poor one for the pearling
industry. The catch was good, ( one remarkable peirl worth
over a lakh being found ) but the leading buyers combined to
keep prices down, and the slum in Wall Street had a disastrous
effect on sales after the season. Merchants who took their
peris