'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎19v] (43/228)

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to the Turkish Government, as authorised in
May 1904, that their ri^ht to maintain a
station on Bubiyan cannot be recognised,
and that the establishment of a British post,
on behalf of the Sheikh of Koweit, on the
northern end of the island will ha\e to e
considered unless their troops retire.
17. The Sheikh of Koweit’s Basra Agent
is being better treated, and instructions ha've
been sent to Sir N. O’Conor to continue to
press his release when an opportunity presents
itself {vide paragraph 21 of Memorandum
for March).
18. A temporary beacon erected by the
British India Steam Navigation Company at
Koweit is, with the Sheikh’s assent, to be
changed into a permanent one at the expense
of the Government of India.
19. (Vide paragraph 18 of Memorandum
for January.) His Majesty’s Government
have approved of Captain Knox temporarily
taking over the charge of the Vice-Consulate
of Ahwaz. The Assistant Surgeon and the
office staff are to remain at Koweit.
20. Major Cox having stated that Sheikh
Mubarak might, perhaps, approach him as to
a visit to India next autumn when he (the
Sheikh) would hope to be received by the
Viceroy, a reply was given to the effect that
His Excellency saw no objection to a visit of
Sheikh Mubarak to India during the coming
autumn, and would be prepared to receive the
Sheikh.
21. The Turkish Ambassador has com
plained of Major Cox’s action in connec
tion with the grant of protection to Koweit
subjects. His Majesty’s Government have
informed Sir A. Hardinge that the Persian
Government should not be apprised of the
precise details of the agreement with the
Sheikh of Koweit, as these have not been
communicated to the Porte or to other Powers,
and that he should proceed on the lines that,
although the Sheikh has relations with the
Sultan of Turkey, he enjoys a large measure
of practical independence; while His Majesty’s
Government have special arrangements with
him under which they have undertaken to
afford hiin their good offices {vide para
graph 72 of Memorandum for March).
22. The survey of the Khor Khaliya on
the Bahrein coast has been completed, it has
been found difficult of approach by heavy
draught vessels, and will not prove of strategic
importance {vide paragraph 20 of Memorandum
for November 1904). The K.I.M.S. “Investi
gator” has completed the survey of the Koweit
Harbour {vide paragraph 10 of Memorandum
for December 1904). The “ Investimator ”
left Bushire on the 5th April for the "shatt-
el-Arab to move the buoys to the deep
water channel across the bar. A notice to
mariners has been issued, and the Political