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partloulary keen on it as it will itop much litigation Sc remove many
of the OAuaes of trouble between young hot heads of hie family Sc hie
• iubjecte, 3inoe he etarted hin court he has gone on the principle
that ten years occupation oonetitutee a right to property but that
in the event of leee than ten yeare .provided it be prAyed that
the property wae wrongly oome by, tho dippute i* adjuetod in court.
A ooneiderable number of euoh oaoee have been diopoded of in the laet
year.Ponsibly a few more will come to light when the 'record* takee
pAuce but not many are anticipated.Nobody ie now afraid to claim hie

rights Sc thoee who had claims have not beon olow to av&ll thomeelvee
of the Court.
(4) The Levies are in being,
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I know of no other 'reform*' that are contemplated. Ordinary improve-
nonte ouoh as the water scheme,improvement of roads,building a sea-
frontveto eto are tho normal developement* of the state.They are
naturally given prominenoe beoauee under Shaik Easa's rule nothing
no don* at all,but they are not 'Reforms'initiated by us,they are

Improvements effeoted by Hamad on v/hich he in very keen.Surely it is
not our polioy to stop him improving his state if ho wishes to? He
In particularly anxioue to make a 'show' to prove to the public that
bis conduct of affairs is to their benifit.
So far from the Government of India boing furthor 'committed
•verything tends to lessen their commitments. Presumably they do hot
Heard the Sliaiks requeat for assistance in finding a oubAsat. Surgeo

u a commitnont? If so it was only necessary to decline & he would
; Uv* mad* his own arrangements,but we thought a trained man selected

'V tlio Uediaol authorities for the poet would be more useful.
The other poseiblo 'comitment*' are the O.C.Levies & ths
Uvt equipment Sc the A.P.A, Ths first two are e ntirely paid for by
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Bahrain State.All that Government has done was to find the office
Jnch assistance has already beon afforded Muscat & io ,1 beliove,
linerally afforded by Governmnet to States undor her protodtion or in
treaty relation with her.
The appointment of an A.P.A.is to noma alight oxtont a
jcommitment' but an unav46dable one, Even bofore the reforms oaso wor

jhod increased so muoh that Qovernmmst had recognised tho necessity
tor on Indian Assiftlant .The post remained vacant during the threa