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an al Khalifu, and I do not know of on« who hao the training
or the qualifications for tho task. It has to bo romomberod
thit the projects liko the oleotrio light, and Judicial work
involve a knowledge far boyond tho graop of tho ul Khalifa, who
aro far woroo educated th;ui moat merohunto in tho town. I
ooo no alternative: to Mr Bolgrave at pre8ent, and if we want

ono ho muot be trained for the work. Tho xnoot hopeful oon that
Shaikh Hamad lias who io not too old to learn io Mubarak, and
;
though unfortunately he is married, I recommend that we should
conoontrate our attention on him, giving him first a tutor who
would have a thorough knowledge of adminctytration, Bay a man
of the E.A.C. olaaa. This man ahould givo him a yearo training
und general education, and he ahould then be oent for three
/YtfZ/Ul.
yoaro to the runtfab^in exaotly the oame way uo political pro-
bationern are oont. The administration of Dohrcin muat keep
pace with tho timoo, and thio io the only way ho will learn how

to guide it* Unless action io ta<ion quickly and steps are
taken to eoe that ho really leaiYrd something uooful, he will
soon become as hopeless the rent of his cousins.
12. I have submitted my viows about the Customs in my
let lor No.74of 25/5/29. The Director of Customs io really the
chief revenue ofificer in Bahrain, and Passport Offioer and Port

Officer as well. Mr de Gronier is well fitted for his dutioo
and has increased the yiold by 20 / without the duty having been
raised in any way. In the days of the Hindus, the accounts
were fcept in Slndhl and it was found that apart from the embez­
zlement of oorae 100,000 rupees per annum, tnx tho farmer of the '
customs allowed several of the biggest merchants, men okuch as
Yusuf Kanoo and Yusuf Fakhroo to pay their duty annually I
A Syrian or Egyptian would soon acquire great influonoe if a ca­
pable man,and might becorao a political dangor. The Syrian Ous* '
toms in Beirut are proverbially dishonoot even undor French su­
pervision, anO i boliove Egyptians huvo proved a failure even
in a inuoh smaller oharge like Musont.
13. The roformod, or rathor the new court hao done exoel-