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346 Records oj Bahrain

No. 73(>lao'
Dotod the 10th July 1033,
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Ilio Bxoollenoy Shaikh Hamad bln
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Kulor of Bahrain.

After Coap.limonte,
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0,.-( »r#T J,I^ ionrr<iVT On tho 3rd July 1933 Your Kxoellene
and Mr.Belgrnve and I had a diaouaeion
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$\ about the flnanoea of Bahrain and other
matters, an I am about to go away for
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three zsontho,
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2. I mentioned to Your Excellency
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that during the last year there bad beer
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a deficit between the revenue and
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expenditure of the Bahrain Government
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of over Re. 70,000/- and I pointed out
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that, though thlo had been paid loot
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year from the reaerve, yet the reoerve
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la very email, and it would be InpoeaibJ
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to meet excess expenditure In this way
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for long, YouroExcellenoy mentioned
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the poooibility of revenue flrom oil and,
if Qod la willing, I hope that this may
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bo racoived, but it would be unwiee to
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count on thio Antil the payments are
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actually being made. Your Excellency
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thought it beat to wait till my return,
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before taking aotion further to reduce
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the expenditure, as by that time the
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position regarding the payment* for oil
should have become known. I agree with
Your Excellency and would only add
that I think that Your Excellency1•
idea which v/p.o mentioned on ano’ther