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No. of 1929.
Political Agency, Bahrain.
The 20th July 1929. - psr-irjCNc.Y. ■
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Captain C. G. Prior, I.A•»
Politioal Agent, Bahrain,

To
The Secretary to the
Jlon’ble the Political Rccidont

in the Persian Gulf,
Buuhiro.
Sir,
I have* the honour to <lraw the attention of the
Hon'bio the Political Rcuidont to the Dcriouu cituation
in Bahrain cuuood by the ever increasing civil list.,
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the dangerous results that will onouc unlcso early an
vigorous action ic taken in the muttor*
2. In his report on the Budgot, Ur. Belgrave shows
that the oivil list during the paot four ycaro has
risen as follows
1344 Ru 4,44,000
1345 " 4,34,000
1346 " 4,62,000

1347 M 5,15,000
It will be seen that in the last your the civil
lint has grown by some 12 % and inspitc Ur. Bolgravo^

poroiatent offortc an addition of over hulf a lakh hao
baen made to un already inflatod civil liot. The matter
has corns to a heud now, because Ur, Belgravo is again
being pressed to inoroaoo it and he hao told me that hia
powers uro now- exhausted and that failing definite action
by the politicul authorities ho wiUJHlHM|lGOd
to relax hio
efforts