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are carrying on the
TJT.D • # anl Dr. Miss. H. Crouse, M.D • 9
ViesIon's medical work. The first named ha3 a family tradition
of medical service in the East and he is a very skilful man.
(f) Posts and Telegraphs.
The Iraqi Post Office functioned as efficiently as

usual until May when the officials hurried off to look after
their own interests in Iraq. The Agency ternporarily took
of the work of distribution of mails until 26th May when an

arrangement was come to with Messrs. Cable and tireless Ltd,
by which they agreed to operate a Post Office on certain
guarantees as agents for the Indian Posts and Telegraphs
Department. The bi-weekly land mail service between Kuwait

and Basra ceased to function in May and the telegraph line
was interrupted. The strenuous efforts of the Government of
India to effect a resumption of postal and telegraphic traffic

between the two countries have so fair been unavailing.
K.B.M’s Minister in Baghdad had not been able by the end'of
the year to iniuce the Iraq Government either to resume tele­

graphic communication with Kuwait although the Indian Posts
and Telegraphs Department agreed to repair, maintain and
operate the line as far as the frontier at Safwan two thirds

of the total length of line between Kuwait and Zubair, or to
allow the Basra Postmaster to hand over the mails to a repre­
sentative of the Agency or of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs

Department in Basra for transport by land to Kuwait at the sole
expense of the Governnent of India.
(g) Education.

The Kuwait Government maintain 4 boys1- sohoola and 3
girls* schools. The teaohing staff is recruited largely fro*

Palestine* In addition to these schools there are some 25
Quran sohoola in the Town.
(h) Tlnanolal. During the year under review money

has been readily available on good security*
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