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the Sunni Xodis as guardian of his young brothers and
sisters and administrator of his deceased father’s
estate which was worth about 4-i- lacs. ifter two years
one of the brothers came of age and filed a suit demand­

ing to see the accounts of the administration, Out
of the original estate there only remained about
Rs 28,000/-, the rest had "gone into the sea”, it had

been lost in diving speculation.
2. Ali bin Seggar, a leading LIuharraq pearl merchant
was appointed by will as administrator of his brother’s

estate of 12 lacs which consisted mostly of cash which
was realised from pearls at the time of his death.
For about eight years he kept the heirs quiet by annual

payments, they being mostly women and children, Dur-
ing the slump on the pearl market he fell into financial
difficulties, and became partly paralysed; the heirs

made a case asking to see the accounts and it was found
that practically nothing remained of his brother’s estate
except two houses, all of it had disappeared in diving.

The Court has taken possession of the title deeds of
Ali bin Seggar’s own property which in normal times
should be almost sufficient to satisfy the claims of
the heirs.

3. In another case two cousins, the Siadis, took
possession of their uncles*estate and disregarding the

other heirs, who were minors, enjoyed it for many years.
Finally they quarelled over the spoils and the matter
came before the Court. The original estate was valued

at about 10 lacs, It was found that about three lacs
of rupees wero buried in an empty house in Muharraq.
This money was taken over by the Government and put in

the Bank. The shares of one of the heirs, a young man,