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On the 14th April the Anglo-Porsian Oil Company, Limited, abandoned these
operations much to the disappointment of the Ruler.
On the 24th May 1932 Major Holmes was told that ho could renew his
application for an Oil concession hitherto held up by His Majesty’s Govern­
ment's insistence on the ‘ British Nationality Clause
On the 25th May Major Holmes submitted a fresh draft concession to the
Shaikh and sent a copy to the Honourable the Political Resident.
On 251 h June after two visits to Kuwait by Mr. Gass, the Deputy General
Manager of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the Shaikh was informed that the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company had received fresh instructions from London to
prepare and submit a draft Oil concession without delay. This was presented •
to the Shaikh on 19th August.
Then followed an examination, in London, of the two Companies’ draft
concessions by His Majesty’s Government's experts.
•At the end of December His Majesty’s Government sent out, to the Shaikh,
a lengthy letter consisting of a comparison between the draft Oil concessions
submitted by the Eastern and General Syndicate and the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company, Limited, together with the considered comments and observations of
His Majesty’s Government, as far as the financial advantages offered by each
Company were concerned. These observations of His Majesty’s Government
were duly passed on to the Shaikh on 8th January 1933, and here for the moment
Hie matter stands.
XI.—Posts and Telegraphs.
The Post and Telegraph service in Kuwait continued to he run by the Iraq
Government during 1932. This arrangement is no longer satisfactory or
desirable now that Iraq has become independent.
As a result of protracted negotiations carried out during 1932, His
Majesty’s Government, at the end of the year, decided to inform the Iraq
Govenimcnt that His Excellency the Shaikh of Kuwait was prepared to enter
into an agreement with Iraq for the Iraq Post and Telegraphs Department to
administer the Post and Telegraph Department of Kuwait under certain con­
ditions.
These above wore conveyed to the Truq Government on 12th January 1933,
but to date no reply has been received.
XII.—Political Agent’s Tours.
During the yeaT under review the-Political Agent again went all over the
Slate by car and. visited practically every important point on the Kuwail-
Sa’udivah frontier. In addition one comprehensive torn- was made of the
Kuwait Neutral Zone.
The object of the Political Agent in making these tours was to show him­
self to the tribes and to familiarize himself with hinterland affairs, the state
of wells, grazing areas, and movements of the various Bedouin sections.
The keeping up of such 4 tours ’ is in the opinion of the writer an important
duty of the Political Agent ; as above all they breed confidence among the
Nomadic population and show trans-border officials and persons bent on mischief
that the Political Agent is 4 wide awake ’ ; and is working in close co-operation
jvitli the Ruler of Kuwait and his people.
XIII—Agency Charitable Dispensary.
(a) ITorA- done during the gear 1932.—There were a total of 10,015 atten­
dances made up as follows :—
•• 5 females 2735
• #
Adults males 3,221
males 2,295
- { females 1,764
Children
74 minor operations were carried out.
(b) Prevailing Diseases.
Eyo diseases # •• # • 2,635
Ear diseases • # • # • # 2,140