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1011 TIIE YEAH 1913. 107
supervised by Muhammad Ibrahim, former Superintendent of Customs and
no\v head Munshi in tho palaco. There have not hcou many complaints against
llio working of tho Customs. Tho landing arrangements have remained with
tbo company of 4 Arabs mentioned in last year’s report. Tho head of these
4( Ali Musa was banished as already mentioned in this report.
During tho yoar under report, applications for frt edom wero received
from 43 slaves of whom 32 were freed.
Slaro trado.
Of tho 4 3,16 were from Mekran and the
remainder from Zanzibar and Somaliland.
His Excellency tho Naval Commandcr-in-Chief of tho Fast Indies Squadron
visited Maskat twice during tho year.
Royal Navy.
His first visit of 6 days was in April and
the second in October, when His Excellency spent 15 days here.
All the other ships of tho East Indies Squadron have visited tho pert
frequently.
No foreign man-of-war visited Maskat
Foreign Navy.
during the year under report.
On the 15th January, Dr. Thomas of the American Mission died of injuries
sustained from a fall while he was fixing a
American and Carmelite Missions.
telephone to a polo on TOcky ground near
Matrali. Reverend Father Bernard, of the Carmelite Mission, visited Maskat
once during the year in February.
In the month of May a “ badau ”, belonging to tho firm of Monsieur !
Goguycr, was reported wrecked near
Weather and Rainfall.
Umm-ul-Kaiwain with her cargo of dates.
No lives were however lost
The rainfall for the year was less than last year and amounted to only
5 J7 inches. The summer was, as usual, long but not severe. The highest
temperature during the year recorded was 110*4° on the 21st May. The highest
average day temperature was 101*3° in the month of May, and the highest
average night temperature was 38 0° in tho month of August. The lowest
day temperature recorded was 69*2° on the 11th February and the lowest night
temperature was 59*8° on the 31st December.
Tables of temperature and rainfall are appended.
In May the Political Agent visited Sut and Quryat in H. M. S. “ Odin ”.
In July he visited Sib to confer there with
Tour* of Political Agent. His Highness, and in September he visited
Barkah Suwaiq, Khaburah and Sohar in H. M. S. “ Fox,” kindly placed at his
disposal by the Senior Naval Officer.
On the 20th October, Admiral Slade passed through Maskat on his way up
the Persian Gulf and in November came
YL.U Of MivUri Officuli. Geaeral Birdw00d> Seoretary t0 the Govern-
ment of India in the Army Department
and Colonel Lee, lately Military Secretary to the Viceroy.
The Midhat-us-Sultaneh, Persian Government Foreign Office Agent,
visited Maskat in January. Unofficial
Foreign Interests.
visits were exchanged.
Rifaat Bey, Turkish Consul at Lingah and Abdul Wahhab, a Turkish
Jiudir, landed from tho Russian steamer “ Euphrates ” and visited the late
Sultan in March.
On the 19th August, Mr. E. A. Wood, a mechanic employed by Messrs.
Chance Brothers of Birmingham in con-
. uco ooo*. nection with the construction of Light­
houses in the Persian Gulf, died in the Maakat Hospital. He was suffering
‘Tom pneumonia.
B. G. KNOX, Major,
Political Agent and Sis Britannic
Majestys Consul, If ask at.