Page 79 - Records of Bahrain (4) (i)_Neat

Introduction of reforms, 1923 69

llpollfilht and "bo proparod for
.. . orltlote= ^ pou^;,
A^ant, by Gha^h Hamad, by the Political Roaldont as ChUf
Court and by tho Foroign and Political
Dopartraont of tha
Govoimraont of India,

4* Rovr with your gracious permission I an going to
□cold you* Ao I have ould abovo, tho roforrao were forced
upon uu and woro oarriod through in a wook or ton day* and
I hovo a Political Agont working praotioaliy single-handed
and olono in a not-bulb tt'nporaturo of 100° and it tokos
rao 15 uayb to got a ropiy to ny tolographio proposals and

xrtiat dooo tho ropiy amount tot It amounte to this, tha£ I
• j •
am to oond in a roguiar proposition statomont oarofully •
arrangod to conciliato all departmental projudiooa, giving
procodonta, facts and figuroo which nimply do not exist*
Tho Bahrain Court has boon lot down and no ono oan possibly
atato what would bo tho judicial receipts if it woro pro-
porly workod* Thoro gooo ono oldo, and tho most impoz*tant
oido, of your budget* It is tho buolnous of tho new
judicial advisor to work it up and I sufoguurd you against
Iona by gunrantooing that Bahrain should pay for it itsolf*

On ganoml principles, a town of 20,000 Inhabitants, many
■ ••
of whom aro cosmopolitan tradorn, Buniyao, Boras, Persians,
Jowo British firms, Paris poarl moroliants, oan and will read
ily adapt itoolf to modoni Justioo and oan and should pay
for tho privilogo* To my mind it Is tho foundation of all .
things and tho maohinory is thoro already* As regards the
^ '. <• Vo!*. -
oxpondituro oido of the aooount tho only important point ,tp
my mind la that tho Judicial officer oolootod should WtJ)«
of a status superior to tho Political Agont* I should b#
• $ -•
inollnod to pay him a salary of K? 1,000 a monthi and with,..;
rogard to court dorks, Bazars, books and all the other^.;
paraphornalia of a court of justioo, ho must work up ^ ^ v.
pom It and within those funds I would give .
thorn ao funds
blanoho provldod that ovory penny was brought*
him carto
vs4-*!
aooount and to audit* M • ! • **•

i