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Saturday 6th August

Court. Shaikh came down in morning. Customs before breakfast - very dull owing to delay between boats & no cargo. A lot
of difficult cases so kept a long time. Went out to Bilad taking Parke after tea. He is very careful over money & never uses his
own car for fear of wasting petrol.

Dinner at Spences & Bridge - but dull games. The Swiss pearl buyer came in. Ashe speaks no Arabic & only a very little
English I dont know how he gets on. Looks German but is quite pleasant under difficulties. I havent the nerve to try French
on him with an English audience. Boat as usual late, they always seem to be nowadays.

Sunday 8th [7 August]
Spent the whole morning upstairs finishing off the letters to go with the Budget. Very cool in the hall & no bothersome people
trying to catch me all the time. Finally got the whole thing done & sent it over to Agency to go to PR & then to Govt of India.
Rather tired so didnt go out in afternoon except to walk along the sea Road, now nearly complete.