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(e) Shaikh Abdulla al Ahmed remained in charge of the Arsenal.
On the 2Sth June he was married to the daughter of Shaikh Salman
al Hamood as Subah.

(f) Shaikh Subah as Salim continued to be 0hief of Police.
(g) Shaikh Mubarak al Hamad al Mubarak remained Chief of the
Port of Kuwait.
(h) Shaikh Mohazmed al Ahmed continued to reside in Basra and t«
look after His Highness* properties in Iraq.

(i) Shaikh Fahad as Salim continued a member of the advisory
Council. He was absent from Kuwait in the Levant and Iraq for about
7 months.
III. THE POLITICAL AGSirTS RELATION WITH THE SHAIKH-

The Political Agent*3 relations with the Shaikh have remain®'
most cordial and His Highness has been as ready to co-operate as
ever. It is a pity that the litigation over his date-gardens at Fa*
- which constitute the only fly in the ointment - cannot be settled.
17. LOCAL INTERESTS.
(a) As a result of continued pre/ssure the Municipality and
Departments of Revenue,arok Education and Health produced their
accounts for the year. The Supply department, however, laboured
furiously and had to be assisted by continuous prodding in order to
produce a "ridiculus bus*" in the shape of accounts purporting to
disclose their transactions for a period of six months, Tney no
doubt felt that it would be indelicate and unedifying to lift the
veilfrqm the more distant past. However, a beginning has been made
and it is hoped that all departments of the'Kuwait Government realis
that their transactions in future must be such as to bear public
scrutiny.
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The Shaikh continued to direct forei^i affairs and/pnrrrdg
preside over the Municipality. The Consultative Assembly met
occas/ionally during the year. Its membership is as follows

Shaikh Abdullah as Salim, C.I.E. (President).
Shaikh Abdullah al Jabir, C.I.E.
Shaikh Abdullah al Mubarak, C.I.E.
Shaikh Fahad as Salim.
Yusuf Alghanim.
Yusuf Abaullatif al Hamad.
Yusuf Saleh Humaidhi.
Khalidas Zaid.
Nusf Yusuf an Nuaf.
Abdul Hamid as Sana.
Sulaiman Musallaza.
Ahmed Abdulkarim Abul.

(b) Medical.