'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [‎246r] (501/546)

elwayB agreeable to be tola that one's trouble
s are due to
other people. Ae you will Be e, he ha8 tiUj bit betweeK
his teeth and insia.e on jjoine, back to Muaoat and for the
next four months will have, I think, to be in executive
charge oi the iinaucea, with ;.lban advising unoifioially.
.ihen Hed^cock , oee I i^iave no aoubt Umt in practice he will
be able to exercise a large measure of control^ /hen I come
again and i'owle in the ordinary course reverts I hope
f lW it will be possible to laake Alban's services available
very great advantage of knowing the people am the country
and of having had previous experience in both Jobs*
Secondlyt 1 think he could combine the posts of Financial
Adviser and Commandant of the Levies successfully t though
not everyone could 4a so. This would have the following
advantages: it would effect a real econocqy at a time when
it is urgently necessary. The Financial Adviser would have
a force at his disposal to enforce his orders* to accompany
him on tour and to maintain the prestige of the State*
Alban tells me that when Thomas first went there he
frequently asked the Levy for escorts, etc* but the
Officer Commanding,Levies, often made difficulties on the
score of interference with training*etc* vhen Alban held
both posts, on the other hand, he took detachments of the
levies with him and found them a very effective means of
dealing with individuals who were trying to avoid payment
of taxes, etc* Again, the levies are undoubtedly a sore
point with the state authorities and Hedgoock's recent
action is calculated to make them more so* Xf however
they saw that the levies were not kept as ^ purely
military force to guard against a possible attack on
Mutt rah, but were also being employed to maintain the
authority of the State and to bring in revenue, think it
would undoubtedly go very far to reconcile anyone to their
as Financial Adviser* firstly, he would start with the
existence **