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PERSIAN GULP ADMINISTRATION REPORT

QUARTER yiil
ADMINISTRATION REPORT EOR THE MASK AT AGENCY Poa
THE YEAR 1912.
Major S. G- Knox, Q.I.?., held charge of the Political Agency throu^.
PcrtonneL
Captain N. N. G, Q. McVeau, I.M.S,,. hold charge of the post of ^
Agency Surgeon, Maskat, from 1st Janqapy to 11th June when ho proceed^
home on long leave. Ho was relieved on that date bv Captain J. W. Little
L H. S., wjio continued to hold charge for the remainder of the year.
Monsieur A* Je3nnier remained Consul for France throughout the
year and Mr. Homer Brett, Consul for
Foreign Coauuli.
the United States of America.
The relations of His Britannic Majesty’s Consul with his Foreign col*
leagues have been most cordial throughout the year.
Abdul A?iz bin Muhammad ar Ruwaihi, French Consulate dragoman,
did not visit Sur during the year.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Z. Cox, .K.C.I.E., C.S.I., visited Maskat twice
during the year; once in March on hj$
Visit* of Roadmt
return from India and then again in 31ay.
On the former occasion, he remained in Maskat for three days and on the
latter for one month and five days. During these visits, the question of the
arms traffic was discussed with His Highness the .Sultan.
The birthday .of Queen Mary was celebrated on the 26th May. The
Agency flagstaff was dressed and Koval
Celebrations.
salutes were fired from His Highness’
firing battery and H. M. S. “Fox”. The Foreign Consulates, as well as
His Highness’ forts and yacht, were also dressed for the occasion.
On the 3rd June, the birthday of His Imperial Majesty King George V
was celebrated. The Agency guard turned out on the Agency parade ground
and was inspected by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., CS.I,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, accompanied by the Political Agent.
Royal salutes were fired from His Highness’ firing battery and H. 31. S.
“ Perseus ”. At the conclusion of the parade, Sir Percy Cox decorated Hr.
M. A. Fernandes, Agency Head Clerk, and Nasib-bin-Mukanimad, the Naval
Contractor, with the Delhi Durbar medals. The Agency flagstaff as well as
His Highness’ forts, yacht and the Foreign Consulates were dressed for the
occasion. The Political Agent received congratulatory visits from His High*
ness the Sultan, the Foreign Consuls and the heads of the British Indian
communities. The Bamazan Id was celebrated on the 13th September
and on the 20th November the Bakri Id. On both occasions the Agency
staff was dressed.
The health of His Highness the Sultan has been good. The temporal?
indisposition, referred to in last years
Hi* Higbnco the SolUa tad Family.
report, in consequence of a fall from 3
camel, had no serious effects and His Highness returned to Maskat on the
13th January after an absence of six weeks from his capital. His Highmss
was however confined to his palace for some time and did not appear in public-
The relations between His Highness and the Agency have been
oordiaL
His Highness has remained in Maskat throughout the year except for
short periods in September and December when he visited 8ur and Sohar.
His Highness engaged the services of one Mr. Baiyanker, a Hadrassi en
gineer, and contracted with him for the supply of electric fans and IigbW
His Highness’ palace and that of his son, Saiyid Taimur’s, and the surround