'File 9/4 Bahrain Reforms. Introduction of Reforms in Bahrain' [‎96r] (208/224)

[L] Customs —
Establishment
[M) Civil List —
Allowances to me nbers of Haling' Family
(A T ) Revenue —
Establishmeiifc . , ,
(Oj Quarantine Service—•
i^.stublishmerit
(F) Co n tinge ncies —
M irine Stores, Upkeep s iluting bat(:ery—Upkeep office
f irniture-—Livcrie-s — Priutin^ —Tclegf.ims —Hired Trans
port Prisoners clot'iing' and diet—-Jail contingencies.
(Other office contingencies included under expenditure of
Depart.nenc concerned) • . » . .
(Q) Provision for cost of Survey and Land settlement
[R) Provision for compensation in certain land disputes due to
plots of building Imd having been sold twice over by Shaik
Esa in recent years .......
(<Sj Estimated surplus to be devote 1 firstlv to completion of Water
Supply Scheme and secondly to Manimeh Electiic Power
Scheme .........
G rand T otal , 15,2^,000
Sub, Enclo. Til of Serial No. (37).
Notes on Bahroin State Budget for 1143.
1. The Budget is a very conservative one, because with only one year's
reliable figures to work on, it seemed desirable that no risks of an adverse
balance arising, should be taken.
2. Receipts are accordingly throughout, estimated at from 10 per cent,
to 15 per cent, below the actuals for last year and below 7 the average (where
known) for the last three years.
3. Under expenditure ample allowance has been made in every Depart
ment both for actual present expenditure and for certain slight expansion
which will be necessary in certain Departments.
4. Item Feceipts " Contributions by Municipalities towards cost of
Police" and Expenditure "Upkeep of State police.' , At present a police
force exists in Manameh paid by the Municipality and costing Rs. 2,000 per
mensem. The Ruler proposes to start a State police force properly clothed
and rationed and enrolled for a term of years to enable the men to be better
trained—the difficulty at present is that the terms are not good enough to
attract men of good character to enrol for a long period and men are constant-
Iv enrolled and resign after a month or so before they can learn to be efficient.
Under the proposed 0 sys tem the Officev Commanding Levies will he in adminis-
trative charge of the police as regards clothing, rations and pay, but will not
be responsible for the actual police work, for which two Superintendents ot
police (one for Manameh and one for Muharraq) will be in charge, under the
orders of the local Government who issue executive orders after consultation
with Municipal councils concerned. The po'ice will be added to the Levy
strength, but will be slightly better paid, the duties being more arduous.
Picked men from the Levies will be appointed as pol ce. 01 pine y po ice
offences, such as slackness on duty and lack of discipline they will be under
the orders ot the Officer Commanding Levies, who besides usual pumshmen .
can revert police to Levy duty if found unsuitable. The Officer Co— dmg
Levies will not however have anything to do with the police su _ ;'
detection and prevention of crime, it being undesirable that he should oe in
any way brought into conflict w r ith the inhabitants.
A Municipality will be formed in Muharraq during the year and will
contribute Rs. 1,000 per mensem towards the police.
Rs.
5 l< ; 15 0
3,73,800
6,000
5,7 60
10,500
20,000
25,000
2,46,310