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X.—Royal Air Force.
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force landed at Kuwait as usual in the course
of their ordinary routine duties during the year under review.
Air Vice-Marshall W. G. S. Mitchell, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., etc., Air
Officer, Commanding, Iraq Command (See paragraph XI—Visitors)' and
the Chief Air Staff Officer both visited Kuwait during the year.

XI.—Visitors.,
Besides three visits from the Honourable the Political Resident, 1 from
the Acting Political Resident, one each from the Political Agents at
Bahrain and Muscat and 1 from the Vice-Consul, Bushire, the visitors
during the year included :—
(1) The Rt. Honourable Baron Alington—on 29th February *1930.,
(2) Mr. Crosthwaite of British Embassy, Baghdad—^n 3rd March
1936.
(3) Mr. Reilly of British Legation, Tehran—on 3rd April 1936.
(4) His Excellency Sir Archibald Kerr Clark JCerr and Lady Clark
Kerr—on 24th April 1936.
(5) Mr. C. H. Bateman, M.C., Counsellor of the British Embassy,
Baghdad—on 2nd May 1936.
(6) Mr. Nevile Butler, Counsellor at tho British Legation, Tehran-
on 24th November 1936.
(7) Air Vice-Marshall W. G. S. Mitchell, C.B., C.B.E., H.S.O.,
etc.—on 30th November 1936.

XII.—Meteorological.
(а) 4-78" of rain fell during the period under review.
(б) Maximum temperature—120° F.
Minimum temperature—32 F.
G. S. de GAURY, Captain,
Political Agent, Kuwait.