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Bahraini relations with I bn Sa'ud, 1920 635

only ith of .the duty / you would only have boon -a'ble to-
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ohargo 5th. of ono per*, cent .instead of J# which is
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gonoru-lly allowed.
As rogards Your Excellency’s suggestion that
should^be allowed,. I beg leave to point out that our
friond Major Dickson spent one week idl trying to

persuade you to agree to this amicably, and I* myself
sent a mossngo to you suggesting that this was the* ra te 1
in 1913 when the Ruler of Majd first turned out the
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Turks and suggesting that it should be reverted to, but

you rofused to listen. Thou the matter had to bo
referred to the High Government and became the subject
of an order, and therefore it'was fixed at '2 J0, I would
remind Your Excellency that the Ruler of Ilajd intended

that 'no duty at all should be charged but only ardhiyeh.*
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The High Government Itself only charges 1th duty. It is
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fortunate therefore for Y.E. that the order did not siy
you could only charge l<h•duty i.e. 5th 0f 1
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, In regard to the f?nd part of the order as T have
said ab0vo the High Government does not (nor do other j
great Governments) charge any duty at all on direct j
transhipments, ind in this no infringement of sovereign ,
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rights or any others arc 'involved. Mo state has a right.-;
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to chargo duty on goods destined for another country
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which simply come to ono of its ports by the chances-of j
the routos of shipping, and arc not oven landed on.its
. shores.
I may mention however that this rule is only intendei
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to apply to goods properly manifested for Hasa, Majd,

or Qatar, and brought by steamer.
I trust that tho ab0vo will show Y.E. that the order-
•’b^o not boon issued/without, due consideration and. will . ;
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