ملف ١٩١٦/١٣٢٣ الجزء ١ "بلوشستان: الأوضاع المضطربة على الحدود الأنجلو فارسية. الإدارة المستقبلية لولايات مكران وسرهد وقلات" [و‎‎٣‎٧‎٥] (٨٩٦/٧٤٧)

tract is op«a to argurjmt, but f 0r pr«neDt at all
avsnts work of &€• mrm can vst^f w«U be carried on oy
Lt.fackmsn md Ki':m aarbulmd khaj who should receive
slsry of m.400/- wiggeated in the letter under reference.
Ihe salary is the sime us thaij^proposed for the srtra
Assistant (JraanissioDer who Is to be jjftib wazir and it is
undenirsble that the Assistant Omnaadsat siould draw nore
pay.
5. /iS regard?, the Levies ti'^eiselves iranediate stops are
being token to purge then of the undesirable elenart. which
has crept ju ay enlisting the co-eperetlon of the sarders
in their reformation and future enlistment. 1 m inclined to
think that the avantuea logicA developBMmt of sir famine
Dm'® proposals '»ouid lie not in relieving the Kal.t state of
j the burden of Levies but is recognising impanel interests
on this part of tie border by a contribution to state funds
md leaving to the State the maint,en®ce m& waBagaaent of
the Levies, but this is eaeaitlally a matter for the future.
1 would therefore propose that owing to the defection
of 8 .Mir as am Jan so<3 the Inability to provide at present
in his place a sen of the same a temp no action should be
taken os sir Awiue Dew's letter except as regferds the ©aiaral
policy propounded as regards the parte to be assigned to tea
M&mfc-#4KI the management of fdekran af l i ••., a matt
on which X should be glad to receive the orders of the
Gowmaent of India.
If the aovemnent of India are in agreement with
that policy - wfcldt must, m «:« Kslat State authorities
'heaselves desire, be carried out gradually • the beet •• rttod
of evolving ® scheme to carry it out would probably oe to
have the matter discussed In Ksist with His Highness the iiban,
the Kalst sardars and the local s&rdsrs of tiekren.
I have ete.,
dd. F.W. Johns ton,
Agent to the Govemor-f
Baluchistan,