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Judicial.

1. uho rv.es in the Bahrain courts. The

noticeable Tallin- oil' in court foes ccncctca
by the Bahrain uourt ajring tile year is .«artiy
owing to the present state ol' poverty ana
partly 1 think owing to the disorganisation

m the Bahrain uourt which iinaiiy terminated
when ohaikh ouiman was given permission to
retire from the court lor a year, sruring
most ol' the summer he presided alone while the
adviser was on leave and this gave on oppor­

tunity to a certain section of the ohia community
to organise agitation am complaints against some
of the finding-of the court.

un ohaikh ouiman * s retirement one si his
younger brothers, ohaikh abduiiah bin ohaikh
Hamad, was appointed as magistrate on tne Bahrain
uourt. ohaikh Abdullah has the aavanta^e cT

a better education than ohaimh ouiman ana in
addition to this he has several years, experience
on the omali joint uourt. ohaikh A.bQU±iah seems

to be very well fitted lor the post, he belongs
to the youn.er generation anu has been brought
up"under the present regime in an atmosphere of
law ana order which differs exceedingly to the
conditions before the present ruier took over

control. The tv.o generations have a very aif-
Cerent outlook on things m general, xhe tjjomt-
ment of ohaikh ^bduilah is popular witn the public.
Sryn^iC-
a. His place on the junior joint uourt has been
fined by ohaikh nhtiifah, one of the younger sons
of ohairih iiohomea bin isa, v.hc was educated at
Beyrut University ana creaks nngiish wen. lie