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season, and under favourable conditions as much as GO tons is got in this
Mav. 8mall quantities of vegetables are brought into Kuwait town from
the sun minding villages but tho townie dependent principally on the Shatt-
al*A.rab gardous for it b green-stuffa.
Municipalities.—These da not exist in Kuwait
Judicial.—Justice i8 administered by the Shaikh, in the most arbitrary
way, and bis word is law.
The Political Agent is not vested " ith judicial powers, and cases of British
subjects are therefore settled by him informally, and those between British
subjects and Arabs are referred to the Shaikh for equitable settlement.
There ha9 been very little serious crime in the town during the year.
Lxcept for the day snd night school conducted by the Rev. Mr. Oalverley
Education of the Arrrican Mission there are no
educational facilities outside .those offered
in the Koranic Schools which here as in other places only teach a sufficiency
of Arabic to enable the pupils to read the Koran.
The Mission School did a lot of excellent work during the year, and great
credit is due to the Rev. Mr. Calverley who, in spite of being left without
a teacher, due to the inducements of high pay offered by the brovernment in
’Iraq, succeeded in bringing the average daily attendance to 1G a much higher
figure than in former years—and worked very hard himself in the schools.
Medical a:id Sanitation.—The Agency dispensary closed on 1st Sep­
tember, on Honorary Lieutenant C. C.
Ifedics:.
Kelly, I.S M.D., who had been in charge
of it, being posted to India for duty.
From January 1st to August 3lst, 1,714 out-patients were treated. There
were loo operations and 25 vaccinations.
For iHe work done by the American Mission Hospital, see Appendix II.
Ko sanitary arrangements exist in Kuwait, and there is no idea of
systematic conservaucy. Those who live
S&ch&tioz.
near the sea-shore, use it for the purpose
cf nature, the inhabitants of the outskirts use the open desert and thoce of
the central quarters their house tops, or pits dug on the road-side or, in the
less frequented quarters, the road-side itself. Here refuse matter is allowed
to accumulate.
There are no scavengers but the principal streets are generally fairly
clean, being swept by the breeze which blows intermittingly almost through­
out the year.
The Shaikh does not keep special men for Police work but uses his
Poliot. retainers for this purpose whenever re-
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quired. In addition to these there are
about 60 night guards, mostly Baluchis from the Mekran coast, for watching
toe shops at night.
S habanahs—Nil.
Labour.—Is expensive in . Kuwait. The following are the present crates
of daily wages for the different handicrafts—
Rs. Rs. a. p.
Bead mason . 10
Assistant mason 6
Master carpenter
. 10
Assistant carpenter . 5 to 6 0 0
Nad driver . S to 4 0 0
Coolie
• 2 to 2 8 0
The above rates were 50 to 75 per cent, lower before tho war.
200 ITojdi
were sent to the Labour Corps, Basrah, in 1917
1918.