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•(([Hint**1 Th« Agoncy Bahrain
BUSHiRJ M3'Cf ncn
17/12/25.
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Your D.O Ho II62 A previous U.Oa on the subject of Levies.
Bith your 1162 & I163 havo arrived
nt a most opportune moment.
I'irstly,! had ulrody propnrod 1• Budget which I was about to oond
you with reference to niy proposuls^md aooondly the last para,
of your Il62 in whioh you ask If I think it would bo a good thing
to ask for a young Jfficor who hua Just finiahed hia training
to QB3i3t#exaotly fita in v/ith u proposal which I who putting up
thia mail A whioh ia ua follows -
When you woro horo I explained to you the arrangomont we havo
had for somo time aa regards tho Court. Hnpnd A j ait together.
Ue takes oases botweon hia own uubjects A T take cuaoa between
riritah subjoots 4r protected poraona A wo take 'Joint Court'
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cnoea l.a. where 8ubje<$3 of both uidoa are involved, together.
The oaaea ooioo on alternutoly. We huve found tho ay3teia of immense
beniflt to nil. Firstly it eliminate:] a lot of oorroapondunce.
caa*s between British subjects often dragged in others A
necessitated letters to the Shu Ik A much delay,A similarly he
often had. to write to the Agency.How9 ouch points cun be settled 1
nt once .Again ,in criminal cases,4'n which the aoouuod may consist
partly of British protectod poraona A partly of jhaika subjects,
instead of euoh being tuken separately A treating dlf 0rently/
thOy ore considered together so that all get tho u»:we nentenoo
* f >'■ ny. I i^deoiding whht instalments u debtor i3 to pay we are
in ti position to consider his position with regard to all the
suits filod against him whorou formerly he might be ordered in
ono ,00*1$. to pay cortain instalments A in mother te pay other
instalment's, the two combined being beyond hia known capacity te
his being run in for foiling
Pay,whioh resulted soonor or Inter in
other of the ceurts.lt weuld be
to obey the decree of ono or
the system has,of whioh
wturisemo to enumerate the advuntsgeo
th. ab.v. ur. proof of the pudding 1. in th.