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106 Records oj Bahrain

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Bahrain
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17/12/23
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Th« Mon*bio the Political
Rosldant Bushire,
biirandnR Yaur telegram Me 1163 has Just' bon roooivod by no &
by coincidence X hay# Just oempleted a Budget.whioh I
had Intended to send with replies to the vnrlaaa point*
raisad in yaur D.O. iattara from Muaoat A elsewhere*
It ia apparant I thinlc from tha Government of India wlrw
In yaur II63 that thay ara oonoomod las 4? we 1
should ba auggaating reforms which tha exchequer oaxmot
beur.I do not thinlc that tha Government af India have yot
had auffioiant information an tha finanoaa to raaliao how
vary muoh mere praaparouo Bahrain ia than athar Qulf
Arab states.Perhaps I myself oantribatad oemewhat to the
baliaf that Bahrain wua an impecunious atuta,whan I wrote
a somewhat pessimistic rapart (in tha light af aftor

events) at tha tint whan Calonal Knex suggaetad tho
appointment of a Judicial Advisor ta Bahrain ta ba paid
for out of tha Ravanuaa. At that tina I had had not
auffioiant opportunity ta guaga tha aauato af tha otato*
Finance a ware in tha utmost canfuaion A tha customs had
not boon put in ardor & I could gat no information oat it
the Hindu Direotor whioh I could bo oertaid t«|8 reliable*
For that raoaan I was mostonxieua to incur nP expopdltpr
before the Customs was in ardor A I had tha benefit of
export advice.17a ara now however in a position to oooorst*
-ly gi^go both receipts A expenditure A I think that th*
attaohad Budget ( I have admitted tha dataila OB
tha various items nre bused but thay have bean worked out
minutely A in consultation with Mr Bower aa regard*
receipts^ expenditure ia new all fixed A regularised! ••• t
A that tteer*. n*
shows a very satisfactory state of affairs A
need not ba any anxiety on the scare af finanoa a* rag*rdf
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