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No potable artesian water has been located In
Qatar* At the end of the year a proposal to establish a
small condensing plant In the Company* s Camp in Dukhan
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was under consideration*
(d) On the whole the health of the Camp has been good*

There were a number of cases of smallpox in the villages,
amongst the local people but precautionary measures ialttn
in the Company’s Camp proved successful*
(a) General

Halations between the Shaikh of Qatar and the
Company have been friendly, though the Shaikh’s interference
in the Company’s recruitment and administration of local
labour causes a certain amount of friction*
(ii). Truclal Coast Exploration

On account of the war no fresh geological explora­
tion was undertaken* The various rulers wers apparently

content to receive their periodical concession payments and
some of them were probably glad that assumption of the
responsibilities which will devolve upon them when the
Company starts active operations was postponed*

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