Coll 29/82 'Bahrain Agency office: reorganisation' [‎22v] (44/76)

eliminated altogether, although the staff of the Office
is being increased.
There is ample evidence to show that the work
of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. has increased considerably in the last few yea 1 rs,
and there is no reason to suppose that it will be reduced
in the future. It is understood that no assistance is to
be expected from the Political Residents staff when they
are transferred (in two or three years* time) to the Island.
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The proposal that the cost of Bahrein and Muscat shall
in future be shared by Imperial and Indian revenues, is
under the consideration of H.M. G. It is probable that
it will be accepted, in which case Treasury sanction
to this additional expenditure would be required. In view
of the urgency of the need for additional staff, it is
proposed to ask H.M.G. to accept a moiety of the cost,
pending a decision on the general question.
A draft to the Foreign Office is submitted accordingly.
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