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Office.

Monday 23rd October

Fort.
Spent most of the morning in the court. A dull morning. Court very slow. Am trying
to get it all stirred up to effect some improvements.

To Muharraq in afternoon to meet Stoker on the race course where we discussed buildup
etc. Very short of overseers & labour. Still hot weather.

Tuesday 24th October

Fort.

Office, not a great deal of work, Stoker came in & we fixwd up the entries for the
races & Sh A about his wife wishing to fly to Cairo. Spent some time at Agency
discussing the Air Agreement & aerodrome boundaries. In afternoon Nair of the
Customs came to call & stayed a long time. Had a look at the flat in which the new
SE is to live & fixed up the furniture in it. Hot still day, very warm for the time
of year. HH out hunting at Matala.

Wednesday 25th October

Rode out behind the Palace. Had a long talk at the hospital with Dr Doeg about staff
& Fatma Zayani who wants to go to Baghdad. Then called in on Hutchings in his new
office, he too had been ill, a lot of people are having a sort of tummy chill at
present.
Went to library & called on Godfreys who were out.