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clothes & an Arab headdress. He has not been in England since 1888 or thereabouts & I don't suppose he will ever go
back.

Saturday [17th June]

Fort, court. Lock went out to see the Shaikh about asking Brit Govt to prevent casual aeroplanes flying over here or
landing here. The Shaikh was quite agreeable to forbidding it.

Sunday [18th June]

Court. Motored in afternoon & played bridge at the Fort.

Monday 19th [June]

Fort, another case of mumps in the Band, it is becoming quite depleted. No court. Sh Sulman moved his household
in to Manama - I met the ladies in the morning, three cars full, they seemed most interested in seeing me at the Fort.
Busy day in office, saw a lot of people. Called on Mrs Van Peussem in afternoon to talk about the nurse who is being
taken on as a municipal midwife, then to see the building of the new vegetable market & then to the Skinners for
Bridge & dinner. He is back from Baghdad. We talked a little about oil. I am sure that Sampson has been sent by the
APOC to do something about the additional area; it will suit us to have two companies negotiating for it, we should
get a better price.

Tuesday 20th [June]

The Shaikh of Kuwait arrived in the morning in his new launch, quite a nice looking boat made in Kuwait. I was at the
Fort & then came down & joined the Shaikh & went out with him & a crowd of people to call on the boat. The
Shaikh's launch was so full that it was very dangerous. We sat some time on the boat listening to Shaikh Ahmed
telling us what a wonderful boat it was & then all came ashore, salutes, guard of honour and official arrival after
which I slipt off & went home to breakfast. Office. Went to see Lock. The Persian Govt is being tiresome as usual,
and is constantly complaining of `incidents' in Bahrain for most of which it blames the wicked "British Adviser" which
is myself. Saw a lot of dispatches about it all between our Minister in Teheran & the P Govt. Tennis at the Mission,
hardly any people there. Bridge at the Russells. Still lovely cool weather.