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othor injuries which do not prevent him from work
he should be paid suitable compensation as is
given to the foreigner.
5. Review the wage of the national and
give him a living wage which is now very low.
6. The rights of the old national workman
to be protected; ho should not be changed or
replaced without lawful reasons: to give him
yearly increments accoi'ding to circumstances.
7. National should not be dismissed except
for lawful reasons and unless his fault is proved,
the committee to defend him and the government to
afford all assistance by getting grievances rpdressed.
8. Wage to be on monthly basis with'the
deduction of wage for Fridays and 'religious holi­
days and to give 20 days leave per workman per year

with pay for raisons of health.
9. Company to train continuously and by
degrees the national Gnd afford him facilities to
learn technical work of all sorts which Indians
and Iraqis now do and pay national same wage as
foreigner.
10. Prevent the heads of workmen from abusing
and beating Bahrain subjects and to obtain the right
of the oppressed workmun.
11. The treatment of the national to be the
same without any difference as given to the foreigner,
without favouritism as this is the reet-ef-the-fcreuble.
cause of the contempt shown towards the national.
12. Company to enlist labour through the com­
mittee and to select from those proposed who fulfil

the needs of the work and not enlist foreigners unless
Bahrain subjeots are not available for the job.