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punt twenty yooro owing to Shaikh I on* a tolomting
ovory potty tflialkhilng opprooolag then at hlo option*
XO* To Shaikh Iou*n Xotter or tho 8tth aoralng %
ropXloA briefly dtutlng that I onw no nopppalty to
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consult tho triboo and that orwmuaitf» onlay way
that lio riliould make wny for hlo non end no langor take
an aotlvo port hi tho udnlniotrotlan and that tho
noooomiry otopa wore bolng taken to give offoot to
these orders* I had arrangod to hnvo tho Director of
Qua teem In attendance* I ouzmonod him and gave him a
p crooned, warning to tho offoot that tho Cuotema

rovwnuoc woro to bo paid to Shaikh Hamad axxl Shaikh
Hamad cvlono and tlint no drafts oxoopt thbco undor
tliaikk Hamad* a olgnaturo wore to bo honourodi In oaoo
of failure by him to corcply with thooo orders ho would
bo hold poroonolly rooponalbio* I loamt nubsoquently
fron Major Daly that tlio cuatoua Director lrmod lately
took chip for Ituharraq to oonoult Shaikh Ioa on tho

Subject of tho ordor that lio hud reoolvcjl cod we®
not thorcjby tho loosl ififlvwruq Director Mho aelcod on
wliat orrund ho wao bound* Then ho told tho Ihharraq
Dlrootor what hlo errand wao* tho local Director .
informed him tJiat hie errand wao utterly fUtll*# hi#
none uuo otalo and ovorybody know all about it* The
duotoArfi Dlrootor thereupon rotmnod and I had- a
little word with him oubnoqunntly on tho ftolly of hla
conduct In that ho# u Drlt.lnh nubjoot, attempted to
intrigue with ffcnlkh *Isa against tho orflora Of tho
Hrltinh aovomaonti ho would probably find hlaydf
cufflolontiy ooouplod In endeavouring to oot hla (re

house In ordor against an enquiry Into tho aAilnli»ti»>
tlon of tho customs whloh ouot Inevitably Ibllow in
tlio oourso of two or throo non tho*
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