'ملف رقم 19/165 III (C 24) الإصلاحات في البحرين' [و‎‎٣‎٥] (٤٢٦/٧٨)

Telegram R.
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From Resident, Bushire.
o Foreign, Delhi.
Repeated Political, Bahrain, by post.
No. 321.
Dated 19th February 1924,
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Your telegram 315-8.
(1) Draft Agreement between Deputy Shaikh and De
Grenier forwarded last mail of 18th February.
(2) Ileither Political Agent nor myself feel
couipe en to say what staff Indian Revenue Surveyor should
have. Suggest a small staff to start with to be increased
if Surveyor finds large staff necessary. Area tc be
surveyed not very large and mostly date gardens and lucerne
fieldr; officer v-ith Revenue or "Tapu experience preferable.
(o) Have made come suggestions to Political Agent
for simpler arrangement for reform of Pearling Industry (copy
of which posted you yesterday) but do not yet know if arrange
-ment feasible.
; - oli ical• Agent, writes that he and Mr• Bower
had-decided and were just about to inform me that in view of
steady increase of Customs receipts due to improved adminis
tration no increase of ad valorem percentage necessary at
present.
(5) Unless Assistant Political Agent capable of
supervising raising of Levy Corps in addition to his own duty
is appointed at early date we consider essential immediate
appointment of British Commandant as stated in my tel. 229.
(6) It seems eminently advisable and desirable to
ge Hamad's sons clean away from their present environment.
Trevor•
for infomaUon? 0 ^ f0r,,arded t0 ^ he I>olltical Bahrain.
C a W
Under Secretary to the Political *'
Resident in the Persian Gulf.