'File 19/116 VIII (C 34) Bahrain Miscellaneous' [‎12r] (25/124)

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The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain
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BUSH!RE RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
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.'Vith relerencc to your iiOEiorandun No 478-fS , I beg to
report that the arrangements for the distribution of the water from
the Muiiarraq well have "been conpleted.The actual site of the well
nab "been cleared and a cement platform made all around tne well.
A pipe has been led off the well to a large and strongly built cement
tank on three sides of which are taps ,at present twelve in number.
The tanic fills up during the course of tne ni^ht, provided water be
not drawn during the ni t ht,& contains some 30 tons of water. The
t*.nk is roofed & the roof extends over the sides bo that no s'un falls
on the tank & persons drawing water are under the shade of the roof,
A wall runs out from one side to divide the space provided with taps
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one being for men & the other for women ,to prevent trouble arising
from men possibly interfering with women while drawing water. In x^iit
spite of the huge capacity of the tank ^i t is novv^erLaied in .he
morning in from 3 to 4 hours.because the entire town crush to draw
water from it . ITaturs have been appointed to prevent quarrels & to
regulate the crowd who line up to taxe water, //hen other wells have
been sunk in other parts of the town the rush will diminish & the
well will amply supply the part of the town for which it was intended
It is not proposed to proeeed at once with similar arrangements fur
the well in LlanamaJa for the following reasons, firstly Major Holiaea
preooses to conduct some experiments with this veil to determine
whether.it is possible to locate & shut off unsuitable water & to zt
similar water to that in Muharraq,which is absolutely sweet & cannot
be fiistinguisned from v/ater brought by steamers from Bombay,
Secondly,this well which was sunk as the first experiment,being con-