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Government, either direct or through the mediation
''of its'representatives in this Gulf.
Art. II. I'agree to abstain from all maritime
aggressions of every description, from the persecu­
tion of war, piracy, and slavery by sea, so long as I
receive the support of the British Government in the
maintenance of the security of my own possessions
against similar aggressions directed against them by
the Chiefs arid tribes of this Gulf.
“Art. III. In order that the above engagements
may bo fulfilled, 1 agree to make known all
aggressions and depredations which may be designed,
or have place at sea, against myself, territories, or
subjects us early ns possible, to the British Resident
in the Persian Gulf, as the arbitrator in such eases,
promising that no act of aggression or retaliation
shall be committed at sea by Bahrein, or in the
name of Bahrein, by myself or others under me, on
other tribes without his consent or that of the
British Government, if it should be necessary to
procure it. And the British Resident engages that
he will forthwith take the necessary steps for
obtaining reparation for every injury proved to have
been indicted, or in course of infliction by sea upon
Bahrein, or upon its dependencies in this Gulf. In
like manner, I, Sheikh Mahomed Bin Khulcefa,
will afford full redress for all maritime offences,
which, in justice, cun be charged against my
subjects, or myself as the ruler of Bahrein.
“Art. IV.-British subjects of every denomina­
tion, it is understood, may reside in, and carry on
their lawful trade in the territories of Bahrein, their
goods being subject only to an ad valorem duty of
5 per cent, in cash or in kind. This amount once
paid shall not he demanded again on the same
goods if exported from Bahrein to other places;
and, in respect of the treatment of British subjects
and dependents, they shall receive the treatment
and consideration of the subjects and dependents of
the most favoured people. All offences which they
may commit, or which may be committed against
them, .shall be reserved for the decision of the
British Resident, provided the British Agent
located at Bahrein shall fail to adjust them satis­
factorily. ’ In like manner the British Resident will
use bis good offices for the welfare of the subjects
of Bahrein in the ports of the maritime Arab tribes