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Xraport Duty which has remained at 6i% ad valerom.
The Director of Customs resigned in January hut his resigna­

tion was not accepted and he continued to attend his office hut
eventually he became exasperated by the Kuwait Government*8 refusal
to increase his pay or accept his resignation and in October

stayed away leaving the Chief Customs Cleric to carry on the work
of the Customs. The ex-Director is now contracting for the Army
and the Chief Clerk has taken over as Director of Customs.
(d) Council. The Council met at irregular intervals hut their
deliberations have caused no 3tir and it almost seems as if they

had ceased, like so many other democratic institutions, to carry
any weight at all during the present days of war.
(e) (i) radical. The number of patients treated during the year
at the Government of India Dispensary was 20,172 a very great

increase on last years figure. The Medical Officer has been able
to devote much more time to the practice of medicine since he was
relieved of various duties connected with the Agency which
the Political Agent took over himself with the very gratifying
result that hundreds more of the poor of the Town have been able

to obtain free medical attention,
(ii) The Kuwait Government Medical Establishment has remained
unchanged and the medical officers have done very good work. The

State Dispensary is clean and well run and reports show that the
experiment has been justified.
Unfortunately work on the State Hospital has had to be suspen­
ded owing to the difficulty of obtaining materials and the very
considerable rise in the wages of skilled and unskilled labour.

It is to be feared that there is no hope of completing this much
needed building until after war.
(ill) Dr. L.C. Scudder assisted by Dr* J.H. Nykerk has

continued the fine medical work which the Arabian Mission have for.
years carried on under the able direction of Dr* C.S.G.Mylrea, OHB*
who retired last year. Dr. Huth 0. Grouse, also a member of the .

Mission, has been in charge of the Arabian Mission Women's Hospital
and has done much to break down old fashioned prejiudioes against'