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H.M.3. "Jamaica" on the 24th April.
H.M.I.3. "Amritsar" on the 30th April.
H.M.I.S. "Sonawati- on the 19th may.
H.M.S. "lffildgooso" on the 12th October.
IX. Aim-LOCUST Of E?ATIQMS.

An Indian anti-locust party in charge of Mr. Rashid
Ahmed, arrived at Muscat from Sharjah on the 15th /torch.
The party worked in the Batlnah and the area between Muscat
and Quryat until April, and, as there was no indication of
breeding in either of these areas, returned to Sharjah on
the 6th April.
Mr. Thesiger of the Middle-East Anti-Locust Unit
returned to Salalah from the Ramlat Mugshin on the 7th Jan­
uary, after exploring that region. He reported that his
trip was very successful and he proposed to explore the
same region again by the end of the year. He left for
the Ramlat Mugshin in November and did not return till the
end of the year.

GT/ADUR.
I. BRITISH AGENT.
Mr. Hidayatullah throughout the year.
II. THE 7TALI.
Saiyid Eadr bin Saud throughout the year.

III. THE AD’S-riSTPATIvS OFFICER,
At the request of His Highness the Sultan, arrangements
were made to appoint an Administrator to improve the municipal
and general administration of Gwadur area. Khan Eahadur
Abdul Haiy al Hashmi, M.B.E., undertook this work in March,
but due to his ill-health, after his appointment, he had to
resign the job and leave for India in September.
Mr. Abdur Rahman, a Tahsildar from Baluchistan, was
appointed to the post in December.
The Sind Government were requested to recruit staff for
the administrative work to be carried out in the first instance,
but as their efforts were not successful, the Punjab Government
have been requested to assist in the matter.
IV. TRADE.
Shipping position during the year had considerably im­
proved, and the merchants found no difficulty in securing shipping
space for Gwadur fish manure from Karachi to Colombo. The
demand for Gwadur fish manure was on the increase during the year
and a fresh market had been found at Rangoon. Figures of
imports and exports are included in those for Muscat.
Gwadur merchants