"ملف 19/175 البحرين - تجارة اللؤلؤ" [ظ‎‎٢] (٨٣/٤)

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Qazi has the right to call upon the nakhuda to produce his accounts for the
information of the Court, and that any nakhuda refusing to produce his
.accouDt will be non-suited and the case given against him, that is to say, the
diver will be held not to be induebted to the nakhuda and will receive a clear
"barwah" from the Joint Court, which will see that divers with such
barwahs are not debarred from getting employment.
Rouf-h specimen forms of accounts are attached. They are possibly
quite unsuitable but might be modified to suit the circumstances and the
business. The main thing is to have an intelligible form of accounts and to
insist on the Nakhudas keeping their accounts up in it and producing them
when called upon to do so by a Court.
Please consult Shaikh Hamad and the Qazi and other experienced per
sons and see whether something of this sort cannot be done forthwith in time
for the coming Pearling Season.
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