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though it woa learnt that It had been shipped on tho 20th Ootober.
At tho moaont of writing, thoro is some reason to think that they
may have heen commandeered for military purposes on their arrival

in India, though this is unconfirmed.
(ii) . Two sets have, however, been looally purchased from the
Officer-in-Charge, Cable d Wireless Limited, and have been installed,

one at Bait-al-FalaJ and one at Dhofar. The State thus has now
daily W/T communication with the Sultan.
(iii) . Four cable interruptions took place during the year.

Three were due to faults in the coble and one due to the diversion
of the Musoat - Bushire cable to Muscat - Bahrain*
Civ). The new shortwave sot inetalled at Muscat under the
Colonial Wireless Scheme, has been tested with Royal Air Force

W/T station at Shaibah, Cable & Wireless W/T stations at Kuwait
and Bahrain, British Overseas Airways Corporations ' s W/T stations
at Sharjah and Jiwani, Government Telegraph Department's W/T

station at Karachi and Eastern Telegraph Company's V7/T station
at Aden, and satisfactory results obtained at various times of day
and night.

6. P0LIC5.
<i). On the 1st January, 1&41, the strength of the Police
Force was increased to one Kavildar, one Nalk, three Lance Nalks

and thirty Constables. This slight increase was necessary on
account of the incroased traffic control and night patrol duties,
which are fairly heavy.

(ii). In spite of receiving many replies to an advertisement,
and obtaining the assistance of the Inspector-General of Police,
Sind, no suitable substitute could be found for Mr. Ailzullah, the
retired Superintendent. The few possible applicants all later

becked out for some reaaon or other) and finally Ur. Mohammad
Jawed Darwesh, who was originally employed as a polios clerk and
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who had been acting as Inspector, was confirmed in his appointment.
Hie Highness the Sultan has decided to let this arrangement