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. , , x ^ +1 to Police to protect the bazaar, bat
of vantage. The Adviser J^hed t° ^ rse the mob, pointing out that they
the 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. advised him to ^ P decide d to attack them and the
b'ld a flank which could be turned. -> without orders) opened out and
Indian Police (who had mstructions not to hre w^ ^ few minute3 the Poll
advanced against the .^ ht . ^ ^gh they would have to fire or use the
made no headway and it looked as tnou| alarmed possl bly by the firing of
bayonet, but then the divers b ®^ n J“, 8 difficu uy. The Police now began to dnve
the Naturs, which was controlled with d . reinforced, as they went, by
the mob along.the sea road and into the sea^D and followed by t he lorry.
Naturs, Shafts’retainers Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. fai -h then some four feet deep, and many
The mob were finally all dnven nno me , Adviser followed them
made their way to ¥f police hut no further disorders occurred there
in three launches with all ayarlame po 0ne sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. W as wounded, two
and the mob dispersed quietly to tt ^aturs and three or four injured but
divers killed, probably by shots f rom U behaviour throughout was
not a single shot was fired by the Indian roi ,
admirable. . .„ , 1 . firm i y with the guilty, the fact
Shaikh Hamad, for once m his tl)at the divers had levelled at
being that his temper was qmcke e ,th g ^ ikh Abdallah was returning to
his brother, Abdullah, yp , f ' ( b vera sailing over and ordered them back.
Muharraq he met two boat loads of d ers^au up their c l ot hing
The canaille, however, merely sc d t 1 r . nd carrie d them past before
shook their membra vinlia at him ^ Arab and
he could do aiivtbmg. TV'i is j ‘ t bis Chamberlain that had anyone
the usually m id Shafth Hamad observed to hm L ^ ^ he vas> or
done that to him be would na\e ^ui
where be was . , f^nhlp wos settled with so little loss of
It was fortunate “deed that t r h ' f} overnmon t regained at one
“ft r ss
sfm.
d^v There ft Uttle doubt that they would have obtained an even greater flow;
bad they srone deeper, but as their concession stands at present, it did P a >
them to do so.
23 The ria: was dismantled and re-erected some two miles away on a ires
site where drilling commenced on the 1st August. ^ second hasten
brought from America and has been erected on yet a third s . ,
well has reached a depth of over 1,500 feet and traces of oil have been found.
24. The Fields Manager is to move into Manamah and there is little cm
that the Comnanv are beginning to exert a considerable local influence.
will undonhtedlv increase with their operations and their experience ot ,
and combined with the Arabian Mission, they represent a most nntortuna
intrusion of foreign influence into Bahrain.
25. The Company engage all their Indian personnel in Traq °^ ca >5^
have not given them formal agreements^ Thev have alread d their
influence on trade and a number of American lines of goods Ime mane
appearance, despite the adverse rate of exchange. g
26. Artesian Wells.—Water is still being wasted in incredible ^ an 1 ^
and Bahrain’s more valuable asset is being frittered away as x . thoug: . a r 0 f
inexhaustible. Towards the end of the year Major Holmes, t e P 1 .
artesian wells in Bahrain, addressed a long letter to Shaikh Hamad p ^
out the danger of squandering so valuable an asset and stating tna y
artesian wells have now tapped the lowest water holding strata. Mianm
has promised to take action hut will require to be pressed to deal ^
matter thoroughly as he himself and many of his relations are tne ^
offenders. A number of wells have been drilled very cheaply, at prices j er
uot admit of proper lining and water is being lost in immense quantities
the ground as well as running to waste in the sea.
27. Agriculture .—The Agriculturist proceeded on leave on the 28th Aiip^
and his return is unlikely until finances improve. His work has shown ^ ^
results, however, and not onlv have excellent cotton crops been raised.
very good start has been made with fruit cultivation, and some exce