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what the results would be had this town no Quarantine Medical Officer to impose
necessary restrictions and guard against the spread of such a dread disease.
XVII.—Royal Navy.
The following ships of the Royal Navy visited Kuwait during 1931 :—
H. M. S. “ Folkestone ” from 10th April to 13th April.
1I.M.S. “Triad”
,, Hastings (
„ “ Penzance ” C from 17th May to 21st May.
„ “Folkestone”)
“ Folkestone ” from 2nd June to 4th June.
“ Hastings ” from 10th August to 12th August.
“ Penzance ” from 17th September to 21st September.
“Triad” from 25th October to 26th October.
“Emerald” from 10th December to 13th December.
Hole—Tho lights and Buoys Ship *' Noarchus ” paid 6 visits during the yoar.
XVin.—Royal Air Force.
On 9th January 3 Wapitis arrived from Shaibah and returned the same day.
On 28th January 3 Wapitis arrived under the Command of Squadron Leader
Hardstafl Commanding 84 Squadron, Shaibah and returned the same day.
The flight acted as escort to Group Captain C. D. Breeze, who was on tour of
inspection of Royal Air Force Stores in the Gulf.
Flight Lieutenant Howes (Royal Air Force) Special Service Officer, Basrah,
arrived by car on 29th January. He was the guest of Miss Van Pelt of the Ameri­
can Mission during his stay.
On 14th May 3 Wapitis arrived from Shaibah and after discussing repairs to the
Aerodrome returned the same day.
On 5tli June one “ Rangoon ” flying boat arrived at Kuwait and conveyed His
Excellency the Shaikh of Kuwait to Bahrain the same day. It returned again on
9 th June.
On 21st December 3 Wapitis arrived from Shaibah to inspect the Kuwait Land­
ing Arrangements and returned the same day.
XIX.—Shipping.
Ninety seven British, two German and one Norwegian Vessels visited the Port
during the year.
The British India Steam Navigation Company’s ships of the slow gulf service
called at Kuwait weekly on their way North to Basrah, and fortnightly on their
way South.
XX.—Exchange.
(a) The rates of exchange during the year 1931 for the Maria Theresa Dollar
averaged Rs. 72-8-0 per 100 Dollars.
It was highest in December with Rs. 81-10-0 and lowest in April with Rs.
Cl.
(6) British Sovereigns and Turkish pounds averaged Rs. 13-14-0 and Rs. 12-1-0
respectively.
The “ Saudi ” Rial as introduced by His Majesty King Bin Saud, was not
accepted at all in Kuwait as a means of exchange. Its value being practically nil,
no one would touch the money. Hence the coinage is not brought into Kuwait.

XXI.—Meteorological.
(o) As was anticipated in tho Administrative Report of this Agency for 1930
the Kuwait spring of 1931 started very badly and everything promised a complete
failure of the “ Hay ” crop in the interior.