"مسقط. وزير مسقط - التعيين، الإجازات، الأجر، وغير ذلك" [و‎‎٢‎٤] (٥٤٦/٥٥)

finances of Muecat are ao you know In a deplorable
condition; Thoraas draws H b . t>000 per mensem — a large
salary for a bankrupt State: Belgrave, in Bahrain,
draws Hs. 1200. if one felt tfcat he was earning his
pay by improving the finances it would be different.
It Tfidj be contended that it is iMpossible to inprove
u* -injinces (until, of course, we get the new Customs
tariff): in these circumstances and if the Waair can
only carry on there seems to be no Justification for
employing such expensive labour. All that is required
is a man ?^ho will prevent leakage and peculation and
we ought to be able to get that for Ks. i2©0/1500.
What I feel personally is required in Muscat
is a somewhat more stable person that Thomas: some
one who is content to supervise without invariably
trying to direct: who will try and build up the
Co line il and not to efface it, and who will really get
down ^o the details of administration and save a few
rupees here and a few there, and I think r rhomas is a
somewhat expensive luxury.
Of course it is not easy to get a suitable
t
man for a place like Muscat, but there are a certain
number of Europeans in Iraq who are threatened with ihe
axe and 1 mi^it sound Humphry^ on the possibility of
getting a suitable man there.
I will discuss the matter with you when we
meet, if I may.
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Yours sincerely,
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