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5 Octoloer, 1930.
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I should be very grateful il you could obtain
for me a ruling on the following three points.
(-) According to the terms oi my engagement, I am
entitled to a 1st class B cabin J . a 0. fare to Muscat.
By travelling via Baghdad and by the slow mail dorn the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1 could pick up my kit at Baghdad and
also, should he wish it, visit the F.R. at Bushire. 1
presume th b.U uilc re v'ould be no objection to my travelling
by this route instead of by F. & 0. As to do so would
' be partly for my own convenience, I should not expect
to draw from the Muscat Treasury more then the cost of
the P. 0. fare mentioned above.
(2) May 1 assume that my wife's passage will be
paid to Muscat? As Thomas ^as unmarried, and drew a
much higher rate of pay than I shall be draw in'-, no
precedent exists
(3) ,? 111 my pay start fran the day I leave England
for Muscat? In this connection I may mention that the
date originally fixed was postponed for two months owing
to difficulties in obtaining the Sultan's consent to my
appointment. It is understood that, should I travel by
the overland route, 1 shall no~o be entitled to pay for
any period prior to the sailing of the P. & 0. which I
should otherwise have taken.
Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) S. E. Hedg c ock.