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10. The only manuiaovirw :f l*. m- G Commnaicatic ns and Troaspcrt.
to*.«t ATT XS f .u'^i .— -.; v--. '■•-’—.Vs men-ioned e--*vrhere *1.- '.Mef
n-ai.i ■: tran-v..- retweer. Kuw*;t *.vi ov.-r
(•* A cloth called ’* Parry E.isnt 1 -- :: the Pr--.ar. «i :i: is h> Iv-*d •: ..**-.
x.auufxct'-'.rtd us a :«tr.u*** j:d z-try x
<* rrytr.r. <* '!i-*.i'r.L-:-r i
primitive v."M of haiM-o' m in*! is -1 *. -• ~-?.:r or by tr.fr -r*»*Ar:.-rs of rhe
sivtlj used f*>c maimiir Eli.".*: or Ara* Br.''-ri India v.-arz. NV-vijarion 0>:.j,v»r.y. »r.y.\
C;«Ma3 •ici'.'va lls<> IS Atoisi. _ :_s :ah r-xnlariy ev-ry —
cloda -ji v. ven from *c-*e: s T xni " —
thread is sp*ia loea-y ty p.«>c : .wv-es f Er>. :-.e tre a’ova *ni a motor road 'i/*?w.-en,
Asx .n as i H.-ct of tOitt rime ;•:••:■ -*• - K; w-.it i- i Ba-ra *:.rr>- are no r*or:Ur rwK '■••r.-
usuillv aviila'le .e*ur n? o v r le K■:•«■-:: with ve hi.v.erla.vl a:* ! >a.ii
yiri*. v-j't :«H7 c tr. iv-rize :r m Arv ..i Th:* :• ■:*.* to t:.e -»«vt that tvA i;.vr>,r
i -Id-* t«:- i-L l-4 i ** A . : it ■ fat and generally Kir i d-—rt
per:»s. : -c w tak*s fr.-m r. ar. te Tav-rv.-: in r.-.tr!y <ev*ry dir** *ior.
4 ?.> lv .iayi to ■» •f.iv-. :y r..- *■ r ' ar- .« r. * a* si! an e.i-*y *..■ ir.trv to travel
7:- S.T- S*: -*.»•!•: ;■? oorr.j I*.-:a l^ok of $upp!?U
ini An\>...e i.-.va-.A-r.
for •ax c *•
_ •: rvf tr^r.^p-.r: U r.-v tan.rl
F r-ciri-r.x -j jX-j .: >0r
c-.a:.: i "-•? y ar :z. i^r n
appear oc tax- l Pir. I r. *>•. •: *.;f .V.->#r d^r.—In \*iA*A- of the
•^i-irT. i s'^-r of t^e hinterland it has tot
(•:. Fu-h boat sails, r: rrs. rco.. *ro . ir* s.h**> iiihr.—.-. r—n r*.ain i eit: -rr convenient or prof.taMe
an tr. ifictureii :«.-r ixal use. to er_- .y m-.*or as a means of rransf->n. Tne
nn*.••:r —r.i> iet^-er. Kuwait and Basra carried
20. -V- >c l-.i>iArv. i Intryi’uyi —A d.
tiii.ier_TTrr only. Caja^l. therefore, as alrea Ir
rtat.jii. still remains the chief and indispensue'e
21. /x*>cen.»r^»r En<fwi<r-. •psh.— VZ.
neans of tran'ton.
ii. Ur.t El*ctri<r.z>j i* t*Wiiru.—In view of 27. ,-?»r .ve-***<*a. —A duplicate East and We«t-
airr*nA> h4*:icTar>i state of industry -.he use of tound ier\".ce of the Itr.j-nal Airways continued
e'ec'r.criy in unmufaotJire is unlvnc- xr„ ar. i is hardly cali at Kuwait every week during the period
likely to develop for some years at wait if ever. nndAr review—though at times not so regularly.
if- D*n*z*d for Fwifn 'M-XMiv.y.—Den.*nd Hitherto the Company has restricted its activi­
f- r fir^ixn aLa.:hmery is indxur- ant. The . r.iy ties to- carrying of mail« only as disringuisbed from
hinery >use«i is in m-x-vr toots and launches of vvtmnercial freight, as far as Kuwait is concerned.
which a’r*/-ut i dozen emit a: Kuwu.it. 2-r. Sr.cfrUy.—The Kuwait-1wisra route is quite
safe, but perhaps saiue eaiuiot U* said of uiiuor
24. Z>*.v/->p*>»e»<r of Jiotes.—Kuwait is very routes between Kuwait ami the hinterland. This
p*.«x m mnerai resources. The only ngn-ral is because of the desert nature of the country,
pr>:u«:t is gypsum mortar, which is manufactured cccupied only by nomad triU\s. who are not mIhivo
by the -.irntl- process of ztjlz rubbish m tr.od
etcavarioms. Tnere is a Urxc gypei:-:r'>,:s occasionally raiding a caravan tarrying merchau-
trv^: on the outskirts of Kuwait Town aG.i it is cL^e. etc., should the kval l'owvi» that tn« fi*r a
t>rr>i in sev^ra.! ocher parte of the Principality. nivmen: show carelessness or gel alack.
Tz* Kuwait Oil Company *a half .Visarican half (H) SociaL
British concern) which hold thr O/ncession for 2V. Sr.iiruhrdcf Lii'ti*?.—The majority of Kuwait
expIvrAti»vn and development of Oil in Kuadt population are poor and al»oul lO.iHel »ouU (out of
terr.tvry. ex«>:pt the Neutral Zor.e. hai not becin a total of apprC'Ximately luve to eke out so
bc-rr.g duri-.z the p^r.od under review h :t <*»-ra.:n existence on little more than one anna a day each,
mmih^rs 'A th^ir staff and vxne material arr.v^i while c»it of the Bedouin population »uK>i5t on
J>tac-n January and April. camels milk and dat*ni. The »tai:dard of livuig