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5th. It may perhaps be considered that in discussing this question I have given more more weight than it deserved to a point in itself of little comparative importance. Still it appeared to me that if an individual filling so subordinate an office as that held by [Merza Ally Ukbar?] is to be permitted at his own will and pleasure to infringe upon and overturn those rules and usages which are all we have to guide us in our Commercial intercourse with this port that not only much confusion and embarrassment will soon be produced in our Mercantile transactions but a source of constant misunderstanding and dispute be created.
6. Trusting that the view taken by me upon the subject in question may be honored by your concurrence and support - I would, with the utmost deference, suggest for your consideration, whether it may not be advisable to obtain if possible the promulgation of such orders from His Majesty the Shah to [Merza Ally Ukbar?] as may define with greater exactitude the degree of interference which that person is authorised to take in the commercial affairs of this port. I would also request, in the event of such [Firman?] being issued, that I may be favored with copies of them in order that I may be more fully aware of the nature of the office and extent