مجموعة ٩/٣٠(٢) "تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي - ١٩٤٥ -" [و‎‎٤‎٧‎١] (١١٤٨/٩٤١)

to the main Manemah-Kafa* road and much of the swamp
land south of fcanamah was filled in and new roads were
constructed over it.
The usual town cleaning and upkeep of roads, super-
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vision of markets and nmnipal services were maintained,
(ii) Muharraq
Apart from the normal isunicipal services, which
were maintained throughout the year, the Muharraq Munici
pality concentrated their activities mainly on road-build
ing.
7. Public Works
The most important public work to be completed
during the year was the Manamah-Muhsrraq bridge, which
was built by Messrs. Holloway Brothers. The war had
delayed considerably its completion, ty/o sections of
the bridge being lost at sea. However, duplicates of
the missing sections v ere made in the workshops of the
Bahrain Petroleum Company and the bridge was opened by
His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain on the 18th December,
1941.
The administrative bj.ock cf the State Hospital was
almost completed, the ground floor rooms being in occupa
tion before the end of the year.
The new Technical school was completed.
New married lines were built on the south side of
the Police Fort in place of the old huts which formerly
accommodated families of the police.
Electric Department.
Owing chiefly tc the lighting restrictions in
Bahrain, there was not the usual increase in load. The
connected load on the 31st December i^l was 653 K.W.,
with a maximum recorded load of 168 K.W., the corresoond-
ing figuresfor the previous year being 613 K.W. and
180 K.W. respectively.