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318 Part VIII—Chap. LXXVI.
616. Captain Honnoll in one par t of Lis letter did admit that with his own
looal oxporienpo and knowledge he might, by great personal exertion, carry on
tho dutios of the Residency without the aid of an Assistant, but he had on 6ome
ocoasions boon glad to avail himself of the assistance of officers, who happened
to he present in Karrak, in getting translations of letters made, and in general
considerations ho con sidered the appointment of an Assistant Resident in dis­
pensable.
617. On this the Government of India yielded again, and did not objoot to
an Assistant being appointed (only however as a temporary arrangement) on
a salary of B700 a month. Lieutenant Kemball was appointed accordingly,
and ho held the appointment up to tho year 1853.
618. In their letter. No. 82, dated 1853, tho Bombay Government
informed tho Government of India that Lieutenant-Colonel Honnoll having
applied for a furlough to Europe, they had, subject to the Government of
India’s approval, appointed Captain #. Kemball to succeed him as Resident
in the Persian Gulf. As to the abolition of the office of the Assistant
Resident, ordered by tho Government of India, the Bombay Government invited
their attention to the previous correspondence on tho subject, and observed : —
“The offiocs of Politioal Agent in Turkish Arabia, and of Resident in tho Persian Gulf,
are, as has been shown on tbc occasion of Lieutenant-Colonel Rayvlinson'a recent absence in
Europe, dependant on tho appointment of the Assistant to tho Rcsidont, for a qualified officer
as a locum tenons, in case of any sudden emergency ; for this, and the other reasons enume­
rated in the letters from this Government abovo mentioned, tho Right Honourable the
Governor in Council is of opinion that it will be injurious to the public interests if the
appointment of assistant be abolished. This Government therefore trusts that the Govern­
ment of India will give the subject its favorable consideration.”
^ 619. The Government of Indm^approved of the proposals of the Bombay