"ملف F/2 II مراسلات متنوّعة مع بلدية المنامة" [و‎‎٧‎٤] (٤٦٤/١٤٧)

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I that the clerks and employees of the Agency
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taxes. I do not think that this is reasonable.
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: Such a priv ileg e would create a precedent
which would be followed by the Asiatic staff
of the Royal Navy and the Royal Flying Corps,
some of the former have already rented houses
in Man amah. A large number of the employees
of the Bahrain government live in houses which
they rent in Man am ah and they pay the muni
cipal house tax in the usual way.
I am not acquainted with the rules govern-
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ing the house allowances of the Agsncy employees
but I expect they were based on the assumption
that municipal house tax is paid by landlords.
Even if this is the case I do not think the
Manamah municipality, which is not a wealthy
institution, should be called upon to make
this concession from what is almost its only
source of revenue. During recent years the
staff of the Agency has increased and 1 presume
that it is more likely to increase still further
than to decrease.
Yours sincerely,
Captain G. A. Cole, I.A.,
H.B.H's Political Agent,
Bahrain.
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