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vko ehaxged for all supplies at moot exhorbitant rates A whose
Mioontv were subjoet to no ebook A wero In addition full of
arithmetical mlota)con In hio own favour.
Allowances kavo boon mad on a scale wklok I oonoidor to bo extremely

gtnorouo.lt wau not however doonod advisable to mako too drooto outs
but to oonaantrata our efforts in stopping skoor wasto * to take
stops to put an end to tko veiy sorious leakage in tko Customs
Ro venue .
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Aftor aueh dlstUBsion it was deaidod tkat Shaik iiasa should
be ateordod a monthly allowance of Ho 4000. In addition ko will'
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draw annually an allowaneo of Ro 2000 in a lump cum to moot oxtrm
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expenditure due to the annual movo to Monamaoh for the summer months.

In addition to tklB ho hao an ineome of not loos than Rs2500 per-’
mensem from gardens etc whiok he is retaining A his wifo has umbb«&
•onsiderablo wealth & has an ineome from property givonbker by Sh*ifc
Kasa.

Shaik Eaoa ia highly diosatisfiod with this arranfemext A oon-
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lidero tko allowaneo quite insuffieiont,although he has been relieyfd'e
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•Tory expense oxeept the upkeep of hio personal establishment* Qortain
interested persons.of whom I believe Yusuf Kanoo to be the ehlef.kave
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Pit it into his head that he should kavo at least Rsl5000 per mensem*
Skaiks Hamad & Abdulla both agree tkat the allowanee made ia more, than
wffieient,though it eannot of eourso moot waateful expenditure/.in*

tbs nature of cash presents to any and every beduln who eomoa begging*
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Jb® burdon of entertainment has boon entirely transferred to. Ha^d.&
i^baik ^aoa kaa very little to do til that nature. He kaa taken up.|tht
Attitude that he prefers to take nothing A eon manage on his pxlvats’
toeme.He told hio sons that he would not take Rs 10000 per mease* if
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It were offerod to him. I was about to refer to you to ask for autkorit;
^ tell tho Shaik that the allowanee was oonsidered ample ,when Hkdikfl;}-.
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Hasad & Abdulla again ealled on me • Their view is tkat the old ***
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quite ekildish A ia eneouragod by his wife A one or two peropnB^
•ttek ns Yusuf Kanoo.who has |4s own motlves*Tkoy suggest tkat we.'shall'
fbatruot the Bank to pay kls allowanee into kin private aeeeunt

it at tkat & that the Skaik will eertainly be glad to'