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VI. foreign interests.
(a) SAUDI ARABIA.
Relations v/ith the Saudi Kingdom have remained
friendly throughout the year and the Shaikh has continued to
help Ibn Saud to 3hip quotas of essential commodities for
Nejd through Kuwait.
(b) IRAQ.
The attitude of the Shaikh to Iraq has undergone
no change. The snuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq,
however, has been on a much reduced scale because of the
control over quotas exercised in Kuwait. On the other hand
Iraqi rice has been smuggled into Kuwait in small but
regular quantities throughout the winter months.

At the instance of Kis Majesty’s Government the
Shaikh was persuaded to co-operate with the Iraq Government
in the matter of vehicles smuggled from Iraq for the
pilgrimage, and the rocket was completely checked. The Iraq
Government, however, has given t^e Shaikh a fresh cause
for complaint by refusing transit facilities for goods
consigned to Kuwait through the Port of Basrah. As a result,
many cargoes consigned to Kuwait as part of the controlled
importing programme have been held up in Basrah.
VII. DATS GARDENS.
The situation was as' follows at the end of the
year:-
(a) 3.. SHI YAH.

The appeal lodged in Baghdad by the Shaikh’s lawyer
failed and the case has not been pursued in the Court of
Cassation. The areas lost to the Shaikh have been
ascertained; but, upto the close of the year, a satisfactory
estimate of their value had not been obtained.

(b) FADKaGKIYAH.
There have been no developments during the year.
(c) FAQ.
The gardens at Fao fiave been registered by the
Land Settlement Board of Basrah in the name of the ’’Heirs
of Jabir bin Abdullah Al#Awaln, the great grandfather of
the present Ruler. Certain appeals have been lodged in
Court of Appeal in Baghdad against this decision, and at
the end of the year summons were outstanding against the
Heirs because, upto that time, no list of the heirs who
could empower a lawyer to accept service of the summons
had been prepared.

Prior to reference of the case to the Land
Settlement Board the Hutassarif of Basrah, in his executive
capacity, supervised the distribution of the produce of the
Fao gardens between owners and cultivators. He has since
received orders, however, not to interfere in the case as
long as it is sub judice; and the Shaikh can now only /
secure the owner’s share of the produce by recourse to the
courts. This he was unable to do because the court
refused to accept the pleadings of a lawyer empowered to act
on behalf of the Shaikh and held that, for his pleadings
to be heard, the lavyer should hold a power of attorney
from the heirs of Jabir bln Abdullah.
Upto/