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ara node to boro olthor artldcn wollo or locate eono other natur'aj
courco. Iho town goto Ito drinking wator oupply Troa tho temporary
wollo dag In purely sandy coll toward* northern ddo or tho town
juot botwocn tho East and Root Bays no or tho Pbrt In tho narrow oat
placo of tho projoctod strip* tater la slightly ealtich, but other-
vloo la conalderod quite fit for hunan consumption. Ho particular
complaint haa ever boon reported which would eaggeat pooalblllty
of lta containing any Injurious eubstanco. Guoduw h-'o a temperate
climate end la conaldored to be one of the mo at healthy placo In
tho coastal towno of the ftilf.
4. Guadur la aloo vollknown for trade. On the Mekran coaort
it la the only port which serves as tho distributing centra for
tho produce of Hekran, such aa Qioe, cotton, wheat, cereals, dates
goat-hair and wool. Ite lndlgenoua produce la fish which la famous
both for quality aa well aa vaiety, and aleo provide main source
of occupation to the local lnhabitanta of the place. Prosperity of
the whole town depends on the fleh trade nainly which after being
salt6d and dried ie exported mostly to Colombo and eono to Hongkong
5. Sir and Piehukan are the two subsidiary snail porta
which fall under the Jurisdiction of Guadur. Tho forcer ia situated
on tho couth of the east bay on the main coast and la about 12
nilca by land route from Guadur, while the latter is on the same
coast in the West Bay about 2o niles by land. Population of Sir is
estimated at 1ooo and that of Piehukan at 15oo. Both these porta
are exclusively dependent on fish trade.
1 i 6. The Government of Hu scat and Oman in the welfare of
it8 subjects and those living under lta protection some time ago
decided to improve the general conditions of Cuadur by introducing
executive and municipal reforma in lta dependency at the coat of.
heavy expenditure. As a result of this commendable decision, a post
of Administrator was created and K.B.Abdul Hoi, HE3; a learned end
experienced retired officer of the Government of India vaa appointed
In that post on contract basis with a vies to execute various
schemes and proposals connected with reforms. Khan Bahadur, however,
could not moke such progress due to non-availability of medical,
educational and other technical staff which the Government had
sanctioned for this puposs and eventually after about nine months
stay was compelled to relinquish charge of his duties on account
of a sudden attack of aerlous illness. Zhe post of administrator
after Chan Bahadur's departure in September 1946, remained vacant
tiien it was again filled up by the undersigned in the end of Feb­
ruary, 1947 whose services hod been requisitioned on doputatioa
fFoa the Boluohistan Administration by the Government of Base at
and Oman.

7. Zt was of course obvious from ths very beginlng that ns
practical...-