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Officer outlined as follows the complex duties attendant on that
office:
a ceaseless vigil, visiting ports, investigating rumours of gun-running
and slave trading . . . complaints of British subjects residing on
the Arab littoral, keeping the peace amongst the pearl banks,
settling disputes between Arab Sheikhs . . . and obtaining redress
for insults to the British Government or its representatives.59
