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but some means of subsidizing food purchases will have to
devised in order to keep prices at a sufficiently low level to
enable the poorer members of the community who are in the vast
majority to make purchases of a sufficiency of cereals and sugar
to maintain themselves and their families in adequate physical
condition for the manual work by which they earn their livelihood.
23. THE BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION
The past year has seen a considerable increase in the
number of services operated by this Corporation for whereas
at the beginning of the year only 2 flying-boat and one land-
plane service were operated weekly in each direction at the end
of the year there were 7 flying-boat services and one landplane
service in operation weekly in each direction. Towards the end
of the period under review the Corporation were, owing to their
projected large increase in services, forced to embark on a
construction programme and to enter into leases for house
property to house the increased personnel to be stationed here.
During 1943 the B.O.A.C. planes carried to and from Bahrain
800 passengers and 8,500 kgs. of diplomatic, military and
civilian mail.
24. Cable a '. IREL^SS limited
The Company^ work has much increased during the period
under review and apart from maintaining cable communications
with Aden, Karachi, Iraq, and Iran the Company maintained a
24-hour daily service for merchant shipping and an 18-hour daily
continuous watch during which "Direction Finding” bearings were
provided for aircraft. Alternative radio links with Iraq, Iran
and Aden are also in operation and the Bahrain broadcast which
consists of one hour*s broadcast of news and talks and music
for listeners in Arabic-speaking countries is transmitted from
the Company*s premises.
25. PmOLEUH CONCESSIOIIS Hi'ITED
The Company continued their dismantling operations
which were designed to make available as quickly as possible
their
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