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COMF1 nisri HAL. POLITICAL AOEHCY
BAHRAIN.
Tho 14 th August| L947.
D.O. No.C/893.

Dour Colonel Galloway,
Will you please refer to your memorandum No. 1413-3,
dated tho 30th July, 1947, regarding petition dated 21at
July, 19*17-, from "Buhruln iBlund Population" to tho
Minister of Colonioa, London.
2. I um afraid I huvo not been able to discover who
uro tho uuthoi'3 of thi3 petition, but my commont3 on it
uro as followst-
(a) Qonoral Administration.
There i3 no doubt that ]jolgrave has ovor-
centrall30d control of tho State administra­
tion in his own hands, und abstains as far
a3 possible from delegating any rosponoibillty
for decisions, financial or otherwi30, to the
various heads of departments.
(b) Education.
Bolgravo has dono llttlo to influence His
Highnoss to ugroo to tho appointment of a
now British Director of Education, vide
Polly's demi-official letter No.C/754,
dated tho 29th of Juno, L947, to you, and
demi-official letter No.C/453, dated tho
10th April, 1947, to Pettigrew.
(o) Administration of justlco.
Hie codification of tho Bahrain 3tato Laws
remains uncompleted. (In this connection
ploaso soo paragraph 0 of Sir Geoffrey prior's
"Note on Discussions with Mr. nolgravo" da tod
tho 16th March, 19-16).
My own oxperlonco of the Judicial work of
tho members of the Ruling Family is con-
flnod to that of Shaikh Mubarak bin Hamad,
in tho junior Joint Court. His sorvices
thoro aro udoijuato, perhaps bocauso ho rarely
expresses an original opinion.
(d) Pollco.
It was in 1932 that Bolgrave first assumed,
/in addition..

rho lion'bio Lt-col. A'.C. Gallowuy,
C. 1.12., 0.3.E. ,
Political Resident in tho Persian Gulf,
BAHRAIN.