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                    bohraiu Oovornmont, should
                                               normally look for the reversion
                    of tho Bahrain agontoy , would
                                                b« bound to result m adainis-
                    trativo inooavenlenoe.    Daitrrtln )as suffered muoh la the
                    p^nt from want of oontlnulty 0i PpUoy duo to the foot that
                    It Is not      to beour*»
                                             t nounbents to the post and that at
                    timeo , It la true during th*.  w'vr i the poat was loft vaoant.
                    liowevor unimportant, the *K»noy may b* to InJl*  It la the
                    heart ol the Porolan Gull unc i r«g*rd it as ot first im­
                    portance that, at any rate during the transition period of
                    1 ivo years wldoh 1 h«ve *hlioiAted la my telegram Wo. 482 un­
                    der oon Id oration  tho Polltlofll .igent who must eventually
                    uuooeod liaJor Daly should h® an ollloor thoroughly oonver—
                    aant and foaillar with tra details ol the administration
                     over foreigners .
                    Araod with thie knowledge he oould oonfldently proceed to
                    take over the mo re <jelioato duties on whLoh you, Sir, lay aq,
                    muon streps in the opening lines oi paragraph 4 of yOJr
                     letter under rej.ly with whioh 1 beg leave to express my
                     entire oonourrenoe .    l trust that the disadvantages of

                     ay proposal will, on oenu lderatlon , in view of ltu compar­
                     atively temporary nature, not be fouvl open to auoh obvious
                     objeotion*, and that It will be possible to lend to the
                     Bahrain Government the pervloei- ol a fairly experienced
                     officer of the ®olltioal Department with the apeolal qual-
                     ilioationa 1 have pro sued for.
                     7-        1 onolojo a utatomont which gives a very rough
                     estimate of the proposed additional expe:viivire whioh the
                                              noaiavtnt will involve, at any ret*
                     appointmont of a tfud ioial
                     at the beginning,   nu the work expendo - and revenues ia-
                                         doubt be neoeaoary for the officer to
                     oreaoo - It will no
                     add to hlu establishment.   It it  impossible to make *&y
                     forooaot now  of what may b« required later on.
                                                    11,000/- Ow the revenue aide
                     •J'he statement rhows a run oi K
                     us against an estimated expenditure  of I* 21,300/-.  The
                                                                     - is taken
                     figure a, 11,000/- - reoelyU iron jvUlolel ■ t>W*
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