'ملف رقم 19/165 III (C 24) الإصلاحات في البحرين' [و‎‎١‎٤‎٠] (٤٢٦/٢٨٦)

of Dr Ho id, the geoxdgist who has bo an in Najd, * who is an expert on
artesian wells,to obtain his services for a week to draw up a report on the
feasibility of artesian wells f 3Dr a water -apply f3r ilananeh & :!aharraq.
This has been needed for years but "haik 'Sasa would n t hear of it. The
prospects seen very bright ^ although the re ort is not yet in,I gather
the scheme is feasible & wou? d n9t be expensive .About 4. lacs wou?.a see it
through."e have actually 5 lacs now in reserve ( after Hawing for
all ot'ier expenditure,inc" uding formation of Levies ,completion of the
* Customs,-construction of the sea road ,bridges for the msdn roads etc) £
this sum the 3haik will definitely set ■ side now for the water scheme,
which,if the report is s atisfactory we will endeavour to get ?;olng next
cold weather.-he project has already caused much frvourrbl^ comment Jc
I think if we can achieve this,^ get the land settlement going, to ^e the r
with the reforms of the living & the courts which are well under way
all except the few die-hf rds wi" 1 soon have to admit that the reforms
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will ndt have been a failure.lt *gs an unfortunate thing thrt reforms,
however c re fully conceived, v/hen ci rried out with the best intentions
always produce a storm of abuse at ^irst'.The xinris; crux of the whole
opposition in Bahrain, fast he dicing .The 'opposition* have seldom
mentioned that they were oppose' to reform.: in the diving c have chosen 1
to invent every other re son they cou" d think Df, r. even to r ?ly r^ond
Sheik .2;sa,but now thr t they realise th t all we require in the diving I
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is areasonsb le amlount of protection for the divers that reform in
this respect is inevit* blj?,oppo ition in other directions is rapidly
dying c^own ice quite a number rre now beginning to point to the improve
ments ef''acted.I think we .re through the worst, • if we quietly persist
' carry out all wo intended, the benifit to all in Shrrin will be very
considerable will bef ore 15ng be ppreciated by those who i re
sufficiently intelligent.
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Colonel Pridesux
G o o # lo0.i o ^. Kesident in the Persian ^ulf