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i it is anticipated, In 6 or-0 months frorn-now..1
By then, Shaikh Hamad will probably he oaLy/tod
willing-to'accept the deputation of a-Judicial officer.,of
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experience.' At preeont ho would, Major Daly thinks,-regard
any ouch proposal with disfavour quite•apart from the
question of its cost. For he has recently established a
court of hx hi6 own in which ho takes some pride and
Interest - which is all to the good - and he- would he
certain to resent the Introduction of an outsider as an
interference with his prerogatives. Major Daly adds that ' •
60 for as his own work is concerned he does not require
) the assistance of a judicial officer at present. The heavy

rush of work he hod at the beginning in helping Shaikh
Hamad to straighten out the financial tangle is over; and
judicial work is always light in the pearling season.
These various arguments have undoubted weight: and, .

a6 I 6aid in my telegram of the 30th July, I am prepared
to surrender my opinion and to withdraw my recommendation
for the appointment of a British Judicial Assistant. Later
on when the time is ripe, Major Daly will no doubt ask
for the loan of a judicial adviser for a 6hort period on
behalf of Shaikh Il&mad, It will then fall to my successor
to lay the facts before the Government of India.

I have,etc •»
Sd/- S.G.Knox,
Lt. Col «<
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,