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flnantos ef Bahrain • an'With groat difficult/ stand the vary
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heavy aUarga entailed by tha Civil List whiek 1b altogether aut
of proportion to the roeoipto.The numerous nonbora ef tka Skalfc'B
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funily kave,o£ retont yoara.boeono oe ueeuBtoned to extravagant#
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that tkay have altogether falsa ldaao on tka oubjeet -of tkoir right'.
to Bpand publla money,& although under tka now regime some of tka
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allowonoao were out down a little,thoy are still ridieuleusly high.
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Tka reteipts for tho past nontk onountod to Just ovor Rjd40,000 »
fran all seartes.whllo expenditure wuo npprcxinatoly double that wx
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bum,not allowing for paysnonto in rospoot of paot dobta. Wo happen ;
to have a eiirplua in hand frow collection of outBtandingcdutji to ■
tko eustonu,otherwise Skaik Uans.& would hava been oonpallad to •
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redute allowances all round, Shaik Hiudad kinqelf hao very, little
idoa of finante,and altkongk not tary extravagant,allows ^kinaeIf
to be robbed by a crowd of followers who batten on kin.So is.
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kewevex genuinely striving te keep finances in order <5>.. to livo
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within his intone .Unfortunately 3kaik Baas has elated outk a
prat a dent,.that numbers of people! fron tka Mainland & all over tka,

Gulf eqnatantly tent begging,<5> are tamed ovor by shaik Kas& to
3kalk Hanaa.wko finds it.diffieult to get rid of then.
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Major. I.AL^-

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