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and Mrs. Dame. The party returned to Bahrain on the 19th July. It is
understood that Dr. Dane’s mission visited Buraidah, Hail, ’Anaizah and
Jedda ^ ^lc party at Riyadh’ and continued his journey to

... Thoms left for Qatar on the 1st May to attend Shaikh
AonulJah bin Qasun al Thani and returned on the 30th May. Dr. L. P.
Dame visited Qatar from the 7th November to 12th December to treat a
wife of the Shaikh, who, however, died just before Dr. Dame’s return.
(iv) 51,379 cases were treated at the Mission Hospitals compared with
79,080 treated during 1934. 1,283 indoor patients were treated as compared
with 820 treated during the preceding year. 1,371 major and minor opera­
tions were performed as compared with 035 during the previous year.
23. Judicial.—The total number of civil suits instituted was 1,804 as
compared with 1,800 instituted during 1934. The total number of criminal
cases was 403 as compared with 443 for the previous year.
2,281 petitions were registered and 3 insolvency cases were dealt with.
24. Movements of foreigners.—(i) Mr. N. Hamilton, the London Repre­
sentative of the Standard Oil Company of California visited Bahrain and the
mainland in February in connection with the working of The Bahrain Petro­
leum Company Limited and the California Arabian Standard Oil Company.
(ii) Herr II. Willnow (German), representative of Messrs Undutsch and
Company of Bremen, visited Bahrain in February.
(iii) Contre-Amiral Rivet, Commander-in-Chief, French Levant Station,
visited Bahrain in the French Sloop Bougainville from the 14th to the
16th February.
25. British Officials.—(i) The Honourable the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf visited Bahrain seven times and visits were also paid to
Bahrain by the Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in ’Iraq and His
Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Bushire.
(ii) Sir Andrew Ryan, K.B.F., His Majesty’s Minister at Jedda,
arrived at Bahrain on the 17th November and left for the mainland on the
20th en route to Riyadh and Jedda.
26. Visits of Arab Notables.—(i) Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqar, brother
of the Ruler of Sharjah, passed through Bahrain in April on his return from
the Hajj.
(ii) Shaikh Juma’ bin Maktum, brother of the Ruler of Dubaj, passed
through Bahrain in April on his way back from the Hajj.
(iii) Shaikh Shakhbut bin Zaid, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, passed through
Bahrain on the 5th August on his way to ’Iraq for medical treatment.
He returned from Basrah on the 30th September and left for Abu Dhabi on
the 8th October.
(iv) Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum, O.B.E., Ruler of Dubai, arrived at
Bahrain on the 14th September and left for Qatar on the 6th October. He
visited the Amir of Hasa from the 26th September to the 4th October.
(v) Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, Ruler of Ras al Ivhaimah, arrived on the
14th October, and proceeded to the mainland on the 22nd. He returned from
Hofuf on the 27th October and left for Ras al Khaimah on the 5th November.
(vi) Shaikh Rashid bin Mani’, a cousin of the Ruler of Dubai, arrived
on the 3rd November and left for Dubai on the 22nd November.
(vii) Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar Ruler of Sharjah, arrived at Bahrain on
the 17th November and left for Hofuf and Riyadh on the 22nd November.
He returned from the mainland on the 7th December and left for Sharjah
on the following day.
27. Sa'udi Arabia.—(\) An event which overshadowed all happenings
in the Hasa Province was the death in October of Shaikh ’Abdullah bin
Jiluwi, Amir of Hasa, and a cousin of Bin Sa’ud. He had been ailing for
some time and his death removes Bin Sa’ud’s ablest lieutenant, who was with
Bin Sa’ud from the beginning of his amazing career and had for two decades
maintained his authority in his eastern dominions. ’Abdullah bin Jiluwi