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that the income would increase seven
times, but now that it has happened
1 cannot understand why it ohould not
suffioe•

2* Your Highness will Bee from the
attached memorandum that your inoome
has increased from Ks*l,65,000/- in
the year 1391 to Rs*12,93,000/- in
1359, in other words an inoroase of

over seven times the amount formerly
enjoyed. In the last 5 years this
increase has been very rapid and has
amounted to Hs.56,30,000/- as against

an Income of He.10,92,000/- in the
preceding 5 years* 1 think you must
be one of the most fortunate men in the
East for not only do you enjoy an
inoome of over 13 lakhs a year, which
must be one of the largest incomes in
the East, but you have no taxes, rates,

rents or similar expenses to meet which
otherb have to* Let us compare this
Family with other Families in India.
As you are aware,in India Rulers

restrict themselves and their families
to 10 per cent of the country*s income
whereas in this State Your Highness and
the al Khalifa together receive 33 per
cent of the total revenue*
3* Last year Your Highness and the

/ Family