"ملف رقم ٠٤٣٦ اتفاقية طيران الشارقة" [و‎‎٣‎٢] (١١٠/٦٣)

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even does not represent the rent of an ordinary
house in the town. The reason why I accepted
Rs. 300 /- in the first agreement is because
the British Government took upon themselves
payment of building and other expenditure
without charging interests for the money. They
also supplied on my behalf all the iron
windows etc. In this agreement, however, there
is nothing of this sort and therefore this must
be taken into account and given due consideration.
(4) There is a further remark, i.e,, no rent has
been mentioned for the additional building
added to the rest house in the agreement.
(5) The abovementioned remarks is very important
and I request you to give it due attention.
(6) I cannot agree to the pay for the guards as it
is small.
During the time the first agreement was
concluded a labourer used to get from As. -/8/-
to He. 1/- p.d. but now wages of labourers habe
gone up and a labourer now gets from the
companies in (^atar, Kuwait etc., not less than
Rs. 10/- p.d. When the Company start work on
this side a labourer will demand more than
this. This concerns an ordinary labourer who
works for a limited time. People left here in
search of work. A guard who carries out his
duties and shoulders responsibilties by day and
night should be given sufficient wages and this
is to be decided in the light of this difference.
(7) The personal subsidy is very small. In the
past I contented myself with it as the State
had a large income out of pearl trade, diving
and customs. Attention should, however, be
paid to the fact that the principal pearl
trade has fallen down, income from customs
... /decree csd