'Serial No. 30 File No. M-1/J. Subject: Examination on Commission.' [‎139r] (277/360)

■‘■he following questions are to be put to
Khan saheb Abdul Hussain#
(!)• Bo you know the firm of Messrs H.Uohandas & Brs in Bahrain.
(2) . What is their business.?
(3) . Are the^ doing exchange businesses also(Lending monies & mortgaging
^4) moveable pi'operties) _
(4) . Do you know uhat the proprietors of the above firm are in India only
and have never visited Bahrain?
(5) . do you know their managinglng proprietor by name Bhagwandas who is
in charge of their business in Bahrain.
(6) , Do you know that Mr. Atmaram is also one of the sleeping partner in
the above firm.
(7) . Have you got any business connections with the above firm?
(8) . Do you'^know personally Kaji Ahmed bin Kaji Ibrahim Mandal ( broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. ).
(9) . About 8 months back on 2nd March 39 Did Bhai Bherumal visit your house
( Bherumal pearl merchant of Bomoay trading in Bahrain)
(10) . Bid Bhai Bherumal inform you on the above occasion that ne had kept
as deposit theVft-luable articles^ atone*, with Bbai„ Bhagwanfas of
H.^handas & Brs worth about rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. seven thousands without obtaining
anything in writing and while he served me a notice to retire his
hundee for Hs 1200/- he made no mention of the above articles deposited ^
with him?
(11) . Did Bhai Bherumal ask you if Bhai Bhagwanflas can deny to have received
the above articles in the absence of his receipt in my possession? -•'
(12) .Did you tell Bhai Bherumal that it was very risky to entrust such
articles (whatever the value may be) without taking anything in writing
as the days are such as to hardly trust people .
(13) Did Bhai Bherumal thereupon request you that you being a very wise &
good man could suggest some way so that Bhagwandas may admit to have
received the articles from me ,matters little if be in writing or
some other indirect way.
(14) Did you then reply to Bhai Bherumal that in case of his writing to
Bhagwandas ,it may be possible that he may deny altogether and therefore
it is better that ysra He(Bherumal) should come to such settlement wiuh
Bhagwandas in respect of disputed hundee of Hs 1200/- so that Bhagwandae
may return the articles, in other case he might deny altogether.
(15) . Did Bhai Bherumal request you that you may send for Bhagwandas at your
shop & move the matter with him in respect of my articles to know
what he had to say and what his intentions were ,which you agreed.
(16) . Did Bhagwandas admit that the articles entrusted with him by Bherumal
would not be returned until the hundees signed by Bherumal were not
paid(retired) in Bombay.
(17) . Did Bhai Bherumal send his broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. Haji Ahmed to your shop that evening^
uo know the result of his calling Bhagwandas in ki&xs your shop to
which you informed Kaj i Ahmed that Bhagwandas had admitted the arti<
but denied to return to Bherumal until the hundees are retired.
(18) . After a few days of the above occasion did Bhai Bherumal send Kaji
Ahmed to your shop to inform you tnat Bhai Bherumal had replied to
Bhagwandas’s notice in a very mild form on 3rd March in which he
(Bherumal) made a detailed mention of all the articles entrusted with
Bhagwandas but Bhagwandas did not acknowledge the letter in writing
but told jgg verbally that as he (Bhagwandas) lived with me in the same —^
house as friends ,matters nothing if there is no receipt of the a rtic
-lee as in the notice sent to Bhagwandas contained the list & served
on him is as good as his receipt so long he has not protested himself
and that ^hagwandas further adued to Bhai Bherumal that in business *
of such nature the merchants do trust one another.
(19) . Were you then convinced that Bhagwandas could then not deny the
articles? ^
(20) . Do you personally or your firm’s staff visit frequently K,Mohandas
firm & their people visit your store frequently?
(21) . After receiving the above message from Bhai Bherumal through Haji
Ahmed did you move the same matter with Bhagwandas fif so , what die
Bhagwandas tell you.