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Manama pier, 1903-1912 577

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24 January 3.911.

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Please refer to the oorreupondonco regarding
tho pier quootion, ending with Mackonzio's do:ni-officlal
lottor of Oth June in roply bo mine of 2lst May 1910.
I enolouo oopioo of the lattoro marginally cited, for
(l)Uemi official letter of May 21et your information.
to Mr. Storre. i
(2) do do 22nd The last oommuni-
from....do....
(3) do do 27 th oation, from Mr.Wray,
to Mr. Wray,
(4)Mr. Wray'a reply Mo.l3~D dated 0 giveo ue sufficient
Oth January 1911•
information to ap-
proaoh Shaikh Eaa with.
The talent^ after peroonal examination of the looality,
recommend* . ao you will oeo, tho oorabinution, of a otono molo
870' long, with an iron pier with T.head, 800' long^at an
approximate ooot of R* 1,70,000.
With reference to paragraph 3 of Maclconzio' o lottor No.279

my adumbration of a Government loan, roforrod to by Mackenzie
wao simply a remark in privato oonveroation that for a really
bU3lnoou-liko ucherne uovernment might be willing to grant a loan
on. ouita]3le itermo. Tho.linea which ouch might follow would I
proeume bo somewhbt ao followe:-
It may bo taken for granted that Government will not grant
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a loan to be expended by Shaikh Eoa, porhapu an unoatiofactory
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result. Tho grant would, I think, involve approval of the terms
of a contract to a building engineer and ouperintendonte and
dloburoement of expenditure by the Aoaiotant ’Engineer for the
Gulf, and the money would have to bo rofunded by monthly or
quarterly instalments payable from the Cuatome rocoipto or by
‘the shaikh to the Agency to Government account.
You will ooe from the old oorroapondenoe of Gaokin'a time
Major S.G. anox, C.X.E., i
— Political Agent, that
BAHREIN.

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