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aidden from view, couijped witi: Uie impoirtanca of enpliacisinr;
thB fact "that tLa BheikL las resucied lull proprietary rights
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in tii© ^id© quarries, lad a© to advise the Siieikh's represent.
-ative to fly the llag: at a point in til® colony Whtch is in
full view of approaoliing ships. lie said he would do so after
receiving til© Slieiiai * s sanction# I trust my action l as the
approval of aovernnent.
Adverting to the letter froa Messrs. Wonoiiliaus*
Lir^aii Agant to SiieiMi Oagar,———I do not 'know how far th©
O-ovemrsent of India will be disposed to recognise Wonckhaus*
claia to the ownership of the Oxide now lying on the beach,
which I estimate as asounting to aoae £00 tons. I venture to
think, however, that ©van allowing then to base their claia on
the terns of their illegal contract with Hassan bin Ali Ssmaiy-
-eh, they would have soma difficulty in substantiating it,
while the clais to the cines and the concession for their: as
security for advances paid, can scarcely be considered serious-
-ly. In view, however, of the threat contained in the (Jertaan's
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letter to send can to protect 'their property", X desire to
repeat here the recosamendation rsade in telograia of the 83rd
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October, as to the advisability o& sanding a gunboat to Abu
Susa again as soon as possible, ponding the removal of the
reaaining property and for the purpose of advising the Sheikh^
representative in the event of a Qormn slilp arriving and
persisting in loading witli Oxide.
IS. In conclusion, it rexaains for m© to bring to the
notice of the aovermaent of India, tLe ready assistance and
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help afforded by Lieutenant OosiDander Gouldsnith cf H.ir.S."
LapYfing**, whose action in towing tlM 6 dhows for the greater
part of the way fron Shargah to iibu Iluaa alone .enabled tiie
ShaiMi's fore© to arrive prossptly at the conclusion of the ter
days grace.: ■
13. A copy of this letter is being forwarded to the
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I i.ave the honour to be.
Sir,
Your nost obedient servant,
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(Signed). C.H.Gabriel. IleuteB^Iit.
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