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3. The First Destroyer Flotilla from the Mediterranean under the com­
mand of Captain Harris, D.S.O., R.N., on 30th September.
4. II. M. S. Hawkins, Fast Indies Squadron, with Ilis Excellency the Com-
ranndor-in-Chief on hoard, accompanied by the Senior Naval Officer
and 2 ships of the Persian Gulf Division on 21st November 1933.
5. II. M. S. Colombo : Captain Simeon, D.S.O., R.N., accompanied by the
Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf Division on 5th January 1934.
(b) In addition to the above eight ships of the Royal Navy, Persian Gulf
Division, visited Kuwait during; the year at different periods.
XV.—Royal Air Force.
During 1933—
39 R. A. F. machines were seen passing over Kuwait.
33 It. A. F. machines landed* in Kuwait from ’Iraq.
•Including Flying Boats from Basra.
XVI.—Shipping.
Ninety-eight British, 2 German, 1 Norwegian and 1 Japanese* steamers visited
the Port of Kuwait during 1933, the first that has ever visited the port of
Kuwait.
XVII.—Meteorological.
(a) The rainy season which ended in April 1933 was one of the best seen in
Kuwait for some years. A total of 4.99//, and as a result an excellent hay crop
grew all over the Desert to a distance of 250 miles all round.
This crop dried as the Summer arrived, and provided good fodder for the
Bedouins’ camels throughout the Summer months. Both Winter and Summer
was a year of plenty with the result that meat, ghi, sour milk and camels were
cheap and plentiful.
(b) The Autumn of 1933, when new rains should have fallen, was not so
satisfactory, and up to the end of the year nothing worth speaking of had fallen.
If the Spring does not bring a change the year 1934 promises to be bad, and
the danger to livestock real.
The niaximum recorded temperature during 3933 was 116 F.
The minimum recorded temperature during 1933 was 30 F.
H. R. P. DICKSON, Lt.-Col.,
Political Agent, Kuwait.

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