ملف ١٩٢٢/٥٢٢، جزء ٦، "الخليج الفارسي: البحرين: المستشار المالي: الموازنة" [و‎‎٣‎٠] (٣٨٢/٧٠)

set aside (xovemment title deeds h.e. Sdaikti iiamed
adderes to tde policy of never cancelling a title deed
wtien once it tias teen signed after tne proclamation aas
deen is^oed calling tor claims on ttie property# rtie
value and tde intergrity of tde wtiole system depends
upon tdis and since tde immutability of governmait
title deeds das now "been established tdeir value is
thoroughly appreciated dy tde pud lie.
There das deen an increase in tde numder of
applicants wdo aat claim am owndersdip dy right of
occupancy tor over 13 years and a large proportion of
their applications have deen registered.
The right dy occupancy can only be claimed if the
applicant can prove that he lived on tde ground, with
out paying rent and without vacating it, for ten years
from 1336 so each year tde period increases.
Land Set t lemen t. (Land ^Registration and Settlement
total expenditure Es .21,355/10/-).
The tsot towns of Muharrak and nedd were surveyed
during the year, tde various sheets which include the
Muharrak survey have deen reduced to tde scale of 2QQ , x
l* and a map of the town das deen made similar to tde
map of Manamah.
The villages of Saar, uraaz, q,arriyah, Tanadiah,
Beni Jamra, Markh^ damalah and Damistan, on Manamah
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island, have deen surveyed.
The records of rights of these villages has not yet
deen prepared as the question of plots of cultivation in
the possession of tde Shili fellahin of tde villages,
which are claimed dy members of tde Kuling family, has
not yet deen decided. Last year when the village ol
Bardar was surveyed Shaikh Mohmed din Isa al-Khalil ah
claimed that all gardens in the district ter which the
owners held no documents were his by right ot a gitt
paper in which Shaikh Isa din Ali girted him the
district