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Hffttfe*.—BarJci arc non-existent all transactions Air Service.—The Imperial Airways route |£<»s
being ir.ci by Eiuadis (drafts) on Indi;a. through Gwadur. on the Mekren Coast, hut advant­
age has n»t hitherto lxcn taken of this means of
(C) Agriculture. transport which is Uyond the resources of the
Agriculture F.s practically limited to the cultivation average trede.
of dat^s on che Batinab seaboard as mentioned
elsewhere, bus limes, mangoes and pomegranates (F) SociaL
arc aL-o grown successfully. The l.est varieties c. ti • • . . .
come from the valleys of the Oman hinterland where * \ f [’4 . |c ,uaJ,'T,lJ’ ‘udigenou*
water is comparatively abundant. f’ '* VJU ,'’co,u.Il u,< ' IHncr1> ridden and live a
In Muscat territory pro,.or the dearth of water tand to mouth generally encunl^rcd w.th
and the primi'Jve svatem of irrigation hv wells pre- , ' lr^ hUc l,c *v ,,s,Mll'r and on the
eludes air large cultivation of cereals and each as ^ ? ' T'1 f* ^ ?°P '»
are grown arc insufficient to meet local requirenonts. % V , a -c.‘\r 13 a' 'a,[c* t° ejwculative exporters
In tie more fertile valh-vs of Oman sugar e.r.e is a,"',th? c“'*{v ' 7 "t *10 fu3,°
grown in considerable quantities butt the methods iU; '°.,b ,nau>' «n>l>«'err-!:ed pe-pk the local
of cultivation Lad subsequent production for sale 1 'babl a“l,s L w,a “If1;3 ,h"rt1i‘td> flf"'*?*
are primitive in the extreme. aas u'h'lc ]u bas '»• *•« b‘‘'' «b'
In tjje remote Southern Province of Dhof-r the '*». . r- » • • .
chief exports a:c cecoanuts .and frunkincen.-. the W^rtf.-Ln^mjplovmcat m the num town,
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latter coumoojty oetng largely exported to Ii.Jm. (.1 .Mu.*c;.:t and Alutrah is rife. c.-S„,asps.* which
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(D) Industry. :-]'pears to be endemic in part- of Arabia,
A .=*11 local industry exists’in Matrah hr the ' r".ko ,*!,t ^3«nn during tire year under
mauui—dure ,..f turbans and loin cloths which are **••» w 1
exported to Aden. Zanzibar and Ea-t Africa. The ' T m',n-h? '*?b ,n ,!‘« Ifa‘{“a a,lJ *f <ac ***'*'
wcavic-g is dear on hand. looms ia various Baluch ^'^es ~,ath of Muscat hut tn- two mac. ports were
homes -and can bnt be regarded as a cottage Industry. u^ar^ *lw V£ ,nf,:.'"';a m -N »'•*•»• , .
So m iLiacrv- is employed and no State enceurage- , H-V',,eu* and “mtauonare conspicuous by the.r
meir veil- absence and to this may be Uri'ely attributed the
** .irreat prevalence of malaria and the virioua forms
•(E) Communications and Transport. of eye aod.«kin diseases which every where abound.
State o} comirutiicatioiit yeuem%.-Thc chief and Tuhereulosis is largely on the inena-o and «
cheapest means cd commercial transport Utwecn «“picnonsly so amongst the Khoja and I iud.
the coastal tones is still l.v dhows as althongi light 7““^ °i ^Ia.,rab-- and ,,Ke 1!a,UC J ,abal.”.U3?s
cars pi v and afford rapid means of com.nmiio.n1 ion of Tbl6,15 fb'e.®>’ ^
throughont the Batinah. the nnsnitabilitr of the -^°ahd quarters, to. be filthy K.h,ts of.hr mhahiUnts
existing tracts for anvthing in the nature of lorrv .,be /'revalbn5! UKaDlt'^' c0."“!«"“• ,
traffic precludes any attempt to introdnee road -Vmttcqerft/y.-A mnmc.pahrrex.stsm name bat
transport of commercial utility. *“» "eltn<r ,be fundi ,,or tbe T 2
r to effect amy improvement*. A feeble effort i* made
Transport rates by car. to scavenge and sweep the inain thoroughfares of
niie bazaars but, In the entire absence both of s
.Vcl <A Biikt. k*i«-i*r trip. public spirit and of adequate means to cope with
refuse and other nuisances, tLe municfpaJ areas of
Alout. E*. A- r. both Muscat and JIatrah remain in a deplorable
Mutest tro Xstnh . 2t 16 0 condition.
M OTE«h4lFk!4 t 4 «
C. E. U. BREM5EK, Majoe,
m - WuUljrHh TO 112 0
16 IS 6 0 Political Agent and His Britannic Majesty*! CovrvJ,
54 22 6 0 MuscmL
„ •X«u 7H *6 4 0
. .Sn»lQ «7 20 0 O Date Trade of Muscat.
no 27 6 0 One of the two main produces of the Sultanate of
JL2S Hi 0 Muscat is dates. These are grown Loth in the
164 5« 6 0 interior of Oman proper and in grov<* extending
CuOrthward for some 150 mile* along the Easters
16S 00 4 •
littoral from a point approximately 30 miles north
H „ Vrrsl/-fl-Mii»rtvh . 10* 75 0 O
of Matrah. This area is known as tbe Batinah.