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Advisor's demi-official letter NO.1750-9A dated 15th August,
1946, to Captain II. H.H. Banco, political Agent, Bahrain.
:
I wish to refer to the question of His Highness's
privy purse and the State Civil List which came into
existence when the late ruler, H.H. Shaikh Hamad, became
De puty Ruler. The civil list was-intended to cover the
Ru ler' s personal expenditure and to provide salaries to
members of the Ruling Family. The civil list, in which
I includo an item then described as "Religious Festivals
and Summer Moves" which was also paid to the Ruler, was
as follows:-
year civil list total revenue
1344 4.40.000 10,62,000
1345 4,53,600 11.92.000
1346 4.62.000 12.40.000
iq47 '5,04,000 12.16.000
1348 5.08.000 11,34,000
(In 1348 the civil list was limited to not more
than 5,00,000 and in 1349 reductions of 10#
were made in many cases owing to the financial
situation.)
1349 4,88,500 8,18,000
1350 4,34,700 7.96.000
1351 4,13,800 6.84.000
(Shaikh Isa, who was in receipt of an allowance
died in 1351.)
1352 3,76,700 7,26,000
(In 1362 there was a further 2£# cut in the civil
list. )
1353 3.79.000 8,87,000
1354 3.92.000 13,43,000
(Cuts in the civil list restored)
1355 4,34,600 16.47.000
1356 4,45,700 43.36.000
1357 4,45,700 48.11.000
1358 4.38.000 45.78.000
1359 4.34.000 49,00,000
1360 4.34.000 44.32.000
1361 4.28.000 39.81.000
(H.H. Shaikh Hamad died in 1361.)
1362 4,24,000 54,74,000
1363 4,24,000 55.00. 000
1364 4,24,000 64.00. 000
(His Highnoss receives Rs.12,500 per month
from the civil list.)
It will be seen from these figuros that at a time
when the revenue of the State was very much less than it
is now the civil list was about 75,000 higher. His High­
ness now considers that in view of the increased revenue
of the State, apart Trora the Oil royalty, the civil list
should be increased. My own suggestion is that it should
revert to 4£ lakhs or 5 lakhs, if this were done there

/would bo no.. • •