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In tho following year another dispute between

Ahmed bin Shahin and Ahmed bin Sand, both of liawur,
recording fishing und other rights in liawur, was
judged in tho Bahrain Court and a photograph of
the judgment, which is in the possession of the

Bahrain Government, signed by the Ruler of Bahrain
und tlie vudi of Bahrain, is attached,
1'ishing rights off the shore of Iiuwar and the

other islands wore originally granted to the people
of liawur by tho ohuikli of Baliruiiu If those doou-
raents are uvailable they will bo forwarded, The
liawur fish traps are registered in the Land Depart­
ment of tho Bahrain Government as are all other

fish trops in Bahrain waters.
6. The people of Hawar are subject to the Ruler
of Bahrain and to all the laws and regulations of

Bahrain, in audition no donkeys are allowed in liawur
without written permission from the Bahrain Govern­
ment and Bahrain subjects ere not permitted to quarry
gypsum in Hawar without written authority from the
Bahrain Government. The intention of this restric-

tion was to prevent tho supply of gypsum from being
rapidly exhausted.
7. Tho people of Iiuwar most strongly resent

( any suggestion that they are not the subjootB of
/
I Bahrain living within the dominion of their Ruler.
At no time have they admitted any allegiance to the
Qattar Shaikhs nor, until now, has the Ruler of v|atar
by any aotion or by any implication inferred that he

has rights over the Hawar islands.