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Demands for reform, 1935, 1938-1939 179
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succoss His Highness, and possibly other members of the
A1 Khalifsh family| must provide lend for cultivation
(preferably for market gardening); the State must arrange
for irrigation, and probably for seeds and marketing; and

the most careful arrangements must be made for a fair
share-out of the profits. This is scarcely the place
to discuss such a proposal in detail, but I think that
much might be done in this direction.
(v) The Bahrain Courts, I fear, provide a reasonable

cause for complaint. The Senior Court consisted of Shaikh
Rashid bin Mohammad and Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad. The
latter has, as you know, been away in England, end in view
of the promise that he shows I consider it to be of the

utmost importance that he should be reappointed to the
Court. Shaikh Rashid is practically useless, but seems to
be tolerated because of his age and very extensive knowledge
of human weaknesses. Neither of these seems to bo a parti­
cularly solid qualification for a senior member of the

Judiciary, and the sooner he goes the better it will be.
Although there have been suggestions ff*orn various quarters
that Eelgro.ve should again sit with the Senior Court, I
would not personally recommend this, since in the first

place he has no time for this work and in the second the
Court should as far as possible be stetffed with local talent.
The Lower Court consists at the moment of Shaikh
Mohammad bin All al Khalifeh, Shaikh Ali bin Khalifah bin
Da'ij and Shaikh Da'ij bin Hamad, who are totally untrained

and against whom objection is taken on the score that they
arc too young, uneducated and inexperienced. These complaints
ere entirely justified. I see many advantages in maiming
the Magistracy from the A1 Khalifah family, but in my
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