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to which the introduction of sciontifio appliances
in tho pearl fisheries would inevitably givo rise;
tho justice and expediency of securing to tho
Arabs, under timo-honoured conditions, the
exclusive enjoyment of a necossary moans of
livelihood; and, finally, tho prospect of estab­
lishing, in tho island of Bahrein, a free mart
where merchants of every nation could purchase
on equal terms the pearls supplied by native
enterprise.