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Mol 44/ of 1907
Bolitloal An oncy
Hnhrain,^4*AwuHt 1907,

To
The 1'oIitiopJl Heoidont in the Peyoian Gulf
Duahiro#

Sir,
Mith r.oforenoo U> your office ^.ndoraenont ITo:1632
dated the ’’Oth July 1907# forwarding a copy of a letter
UolSGin B.D. dated the 17th Ally 1907 from tha Aoolatant
yoorotfU'y t/O tho Government of India in tho Voroiprn be-
portnent to your a ldroou# in vrhioli an enquiry la made
conooroinR tho construction and workln# of the pier in
llonrjaa which \mo contemplated in 1904, I have tho honour
to report that nothin# hao hoen accomplished yet in this
oonnootlon, an tho Chief of Bahrain hao booh nnioh too
ohort of money to be able to oontomplato vrith equanimity
the divoroion of liiu oubjootu' capital to iniich a nui'pooo,
while ho finda it difficult to mice both oni\e moot oinoe
tho time when the Hindu cuotoma fanaora disoontinuod
Rivin# him advances*
n. I am informed that in tho early cart of 1904
Shaikh Hamad bin Boa collected about hr6000 toimrdo tho
construction, but that ho oubuequently upont tho money
In other wpyo, and on the subscribers making a fuss, he
promised to refund it in inatalmento, of .vrhioh about
J-ts 300 otill remain outstanding*
3. Vho quostion of the construction of the pier hao
recently come again under discussion in .oonnootlon with
tho uub.Jeot of tho Renei'al improvement • of the oarRO-londi*j
arrangomenta. I am hopeful that aomo •'benot-icial arrange-
nent may now aoon bo possible, but it fa unlikoly that
tho morohanta will again entruot their, monoy for thio
pux*poue