'File 19/252 Bahrain Water Supply' [‎43r] (89/96)

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The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
Bus hi re, 19 th October 1943.
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Itear Wakefield,
I see that the duestl on of wastage of artesian
water has not moved very far siaoe I was last in the
Criilf, and I should like to go into it arain on ray next
visit to ^nhrain. There are one or two points ^htoh
mi^ht he elucidated "by then,
I see a suggestion that it is necessary for the
water to run to wa?te in r7 iellaq as otherwise It Fill
harm the areas aoaoeraed. This st exas an arruuent that
is difficult to sustain, unless it is heirv; run over
the land with the specific j/urpose of betting rid of
the salinity, Oould you look into this and find out
what the position is?
3, I see a reference in the first paragraph of
Oolonel Hay's note of 8th Septei her 194ii (of which a
copy was sent to you under "nesidency endorseuent
No.'3/069 of the 8th Septemher 1943) to wells "being
drilled at -iatif. Can you get any information renrardlnr
them, their nuiaher and the strength of the ^low of
water? 5e might use the argument with the Shaikh thnt
until Bahrain had stopped wasting its ovm wat^r ^h^re
was little Justification for baking up the c ^stion of
the State's wells with the Saudi Government. The ?*e
can be little aouot, ho^evei', that a big development
of artesian wells at ^atif would seriously affect the
water levels at Bahrain, and we should "be fully within
our rights in protesting.
4. In paragraph Z there is a reference to a l^r^e
number of wells inside the refinery at 3itra, I do not
/ know
E, B. Wakefield, l!8q.ulre, 1.0.3.,
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
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