'ملف رقم 19/165 III (C 24) الإصلاحات في البحرين' [و‎‎١‎٦‎١] (٤٢٦/٣٢٨)

particulary keen on it, as it will stop much litigation & remove many
ot the causes of trouble between young hot head, of his family & m ,
subjects. Since he started hi S court he has £ on e on the principle
that ten years occupation constitutes a right to property,but that
1: ' eV * nt 0 " • es8 than ten y* ar « ,Provided if it be proved that
the property was wrongly come by,the dispute is adjusted in court.
A considerable number of such cases have been disposed of in the last
year .. loss itly a few more will come to light when the Word' takes
place but not many are anticipated.Nobody is now afraid to claim his
rights & those who had claims have not been slow to avail themselves
of the Courts
(4) The Levies are in bein^;,
I knov; 01 no other f reforms» that are contemplated. Ordinary improve-
cnts such as the water scheme,improvement of roads,buildinr a eea-
front.etc etc are the normal developeisnts of the tftate.They are
naturally givtn prominence because under Shaik Easa's rule nothing
was done ao all,"but they are not tK eforms f initiated by us, they are
improvement« effected by Homad on which he is very keen,Surely it is
not our policy to stop him improving his state if he wishes to? He
is particularly anxious to make a ^how* to prove to the public that
his conduct of affairs is to their benefit.
So x-cr xrom the Government of India being further 'committed''
everything tends to lessen their commitments. Presumably they do not
ic 0 «uic. uiic ohaiks request for assistance in finding a sublAsst, Surgeoirv
as a commitment? If so,it was only necessary to decline^ he would
have made his own arrangements,but we thought a trained man selected
by the Hediacl authorities for the post would be more useful.
The other possible t comitments T are the O.G.Levies & the
Levtj equipment^ & the A.P.A. The first two are'e.ntirely paid for by
the Bahrain State.All that GovernmBnt has done was to find the office*
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such assistance has already been afforded Muscat & is ,1 believe,
generally afforded by Governnm^t to States under her protedtion or in
treaty relation with her.
The appointment of an A.P.A.is to some slight extent a
, commitment f but an unavmadable one. Even before the reforms, case wori
had increased so much that GovernmiEnt had recognised the necessity
for an Indian Assistant.The post remained vacant durir. the three