'ملف رقم 19/165 III (C 24) الإصلاحات في البحرين' [و‎‎١‎٦‎٢] (٤٢٦/٣٣٠)

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ysaro I liave been iiere on the score of economy,tut if I may venture to
say so, it is solely due to tlie rsict that I happen to know araMc &
V'tn. ian c: can consequently dispose of case v/ork fairly quickly &
dispense with an Interpreter,which siade it possible for ne to carry on
without an Assistant, Statistics shew that case wor^: is steadily in-
creasin^ # x-erhaps this is unf ortunate < but it at least shews that the
court is fulfilling a w^nt,& in Court fees alone the expense of an
Assistant is easily covered .As you know,Indians are not at all pop-
-ul.-r iiere ■ there were many reasons why it was considered desirable
uhat the assistant should be aK British Of i i c er . jbcTxigy yarw-^y^ar-fc^^^ -y.
That Bahrain is gradually becoming more civilised may or may
not , suit us, but I fail to see ho?/ we can stop it .Every year more
people 11 or?! iierc 10 uo -uurope in the pearl trade & come back somewhat
enli^iit sned,& a number ol educated people now come here frequently
oijft -i. ia.- - ic not postibie therefore, that ideas should remain fix
ed, It was precisely because Shaik Easa refused to move alittle with
the times,while his subjects were advancing, that ■v.wKuri gave rise to
necessity for a more enlightened Ruler.
I think the Government of India may-rest assured that no
body waMts to intrfiduce any more T reforms * or to commit them in any
way further.Improvements in the Administration will howevrr gradually
take place unless v/e take it upon ourselves to forbid Hamad to carrv
out his Ideas.It seems to me that once the 'Record of rights* is Erragp -g
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compittdd & the diving books /brought into^use 8c the simple rules are
got out for the Court the t Rfforms T may be allowed to die a natural
death 8c that we should not drag in every small improvement in the
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administratiin .of the state & label it as a ^eform 1 .
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