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formal oomplaint against what he dssorlbed ao an In­
justice to hla subjeote resident in llaeea and Bahrain,
and had appealed to you to ad.Judloate In the mattor,
and that after due consideration your Judgement was
that Shaikh lea was in the wrong, and that he should
again reduoe the ouetoros ohargoe to Qfc $ on all goode
exoept plooe goods, whloh latter oould continue to pay
at the rate of ft lft/- per single bale ( aooordlng to Shi
Isa he reduced thle to ft 4/- In 10 Vi)»
8. Ao a oort of "backhand" oonaeoolon,however, I
would suggest that you add the following In your letter
In order to strengthen the hando of the local Oustomo
Authorities i-
(a) That all goods for the mainland landed
at Bahrain must be addrossod to the port of
destination via Bahrain.
(b) That no goods eo consigned will bo allow­
ed to be diverted Into Bahrain without tho Huler
or Political Agont’o sanction.
(o) That tranship goods will only be allowed
to remain In the Ouotoms House for BO days.After
that they muot bo re-shipped to destination.
Failure to remove within the time limit to entail

payment of full duty of BjC.
r>. A dlreot order from you on something of tho abovo
lines Is tho only way, I think, to got Shaikh lua to move
in the matter. He, now-a-days, unfortunately, is entire­
ly In the hands of his third con, Khalkh Abdullah, backed
by the letter’s evil genius Jaeslm A1 Uhlrawl ( he accom­
panied Ghalkh Abdullah to England) Both the above,ever
since their roturn, seem to have changed markedly for the
sores - official records show that before, going Home,
shaikh Abdullah was showing great proalas. The oontrary
le, I fear, tho oase now. The whole polloy of Abdullah
aud Jaeeln, now-a-days, is dlreoted towards freeing