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The temperatures for the year were as follows
Maximum Temperature 109eF. on 18.6.1947
Minimum Temperature 49°F. on 27.12,1947

Maximum Humidity on 6.5.1947
Minimum Humidity 26# on 1.1.1947
Total Rainfall in the year = 2.65"

32. QATAR
(i) Kis Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Jasim A1 Thp.nl,
the Ruler of Qatar, has continued to suffer in his health
throughout the year. He had one severe attack of gastroenter­
itis and was given appropriate-treatment by the medical officer
of the Petroleum Concession Limited at Dukhan. In Novemberr
of the year his health was again very low. He has shown
unwillingness to abide by the regime prescribed by his medical
adviser.
(ii) In October, Dr. Storm of the American Mission Hospital,
Bahrain visited Qatar and advised the Ruler as to the type of
Hospital he should have and the equipment that should be
•installed in it. Later in the year Rs. 5,000/- worth of
equipment was bought for the hospital. The Ruler paid in
full for this. A 20 bed hospital \was completed and the
conditions on which the American Mission were to run it are
(a) that the Ruler pays Rs. 1,000/- per month for Staff,
including one Indian Doctor and Nurses (b) an American Doctor
should be present for one month in the year at, the hospital
and (c) The Ruler and his family should be treated free of charge.
33. T3UCIAL COAST
(i) Personnel.

The Residency Agent, Mr. Jssim bin■Mohammad al Xadhmawi,
v/as in charge of Trucial Coast affairs from the 1st to the 9th
January when Mr. G.N. Jackson, Li.B.E., arrived in Shariah and
assumed charge as Political Officer, Trucial Coast. On the
>m 29th November Mr. G.N. Jackson, returned to Shari ah/and remained
irain until the end of the year.

(ii) Trucial Coast Shaikhs
The following were the Ruling Shaikhs of the various
States on the Trucfal Coast throughout the year:-
1. Dubai ' Shaikh Said bin Maktum, O.B.E.
2. Sharjah Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr al Qasimi
3. Abu Dhabi . Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan bin Zayid
4. Ajman Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid
5. Ras al Khaimah Shaikh Sultan bin Salim
6. ’Kalba Shaikh Hamad bin Safid (minor)
Regent: Shaikh Xhalld bin Ahmad
(Hi) Royal Navy.
During the year under review H.Iu.S.
"WILDGOOSE" and H.H.S. "LOCH GLENDHU" called at SJiarJah.
(iv) Royal Air Force!.
On the 14th January the ' Iraqi Arab Levies were
withdrawn from Sharjah.
The strength of the R.A.F. in Sharjah has been
considerably reduced. At the end of the year the number of
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