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not for the action required here.
Strick's concession expired at the end
of last year. They want it renewed for
a period of two years only on payment of
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Es. 500/- per annum ( and usual royalty)
instead of the £s. 2000/- per annum they have
"been paying, as they do not attach much
value to the concession.
The matter was taken up when you were
off the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in December last and
in reply to 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. Agent's communic-
-ation giving Stric^s terms the Shaikh of
Shargah has stated that he wants 1,500/- per
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annum and if Strick's did not wish to pay it
they could retire from the field and he woul
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try to find another market.
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. Agent commenting said
that the Shaikh would prohahly accept 1,000.
On#fact struck me on a hasty perusal
of the papers and that is that neither 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. Agent nor the Shaikh of Shargah
have "been informed that Strick's wanted a
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renewal only f or two years. Knowledge of
this may induce the Shaikh to change his
mind, "but in any case I think he ought to
know as he must he counting on a extension
for five years.
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. Agent may he asked to inform
the Shaikh and report again. We can then
write to Strick & Go.
"Ke are particularly interested because
... ^ the royalty is "being utilised to pay for the
expenses of the Shaikh's father in law,
political detenu in Aden. ^ i
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