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Copy of a letter No 2746-E.A., dated 19th November 1903,
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from, the Under Secretary to the Government of India in the

Foreign Department, Simla, to the Officiating Political

Reside?it in the Persian Gulf •

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1 am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your

letter No 7 S%A. dated the 15th July 1903, requesting sanction

to a scheme for the construction, by the Sheikh of Bahrein,
of a pier for the landing and shipping of cargo, and sub -

mitting a draft of the terns on which the pier is to be butty
also a schedule of the proposed wharfage dues.

2, In reply 1 am to say that the Governpie/it of India

sanction the proposal subject to the condition that Jthe right

to levy wharfage dues shall cease if, at any time, the pier

shall, in the opinion of the Political Agent, become so out

of repair that it cannot conveniently be used for the land­

ing and shipping of goods.

3. J am to add that clause 3, of the terms on which

the pier is to be built, should be modified so as to make

it clear that it is for the owners of the goods to remove

them from the pier, and that, if they are not removed after

a certain fixed time say 24 hours, (l) demurrage will be

charged, and (2) no liability for loss or damage will devolve/

upon the Chief

4 The Karachi Chamber of Commerce, who were consulted,
are

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