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Jebcl Akhlhar. Cereals arc grown on a small scale Shipping.
nml could not be further developed owing to tbc _ _. . . . . , . ,. .
vnitod quantity of water available. Inadequate Sfiam<w.-TLe usual statement show,ng shipping
rainfall in Oman [or several years past lias been “ attacLcd to this report. 115 steam ships
the cause of ruin ol many a date gardens; all wells ?U nationalities entered and cleared the port
have become dry and brackish. during the year representing a net tonnage of 33S1,658
and 47 sailing vessels with a tonnage of o!2<*37.
Of the 115 steamships which entered the port 4
Population.
wore from United States of America, 5 from United
The population of Muscat is abcut 2,000 ar.d tliat Kingdom and 106 from India,
of Matrah about 20,000. The majority of the bouses .The British India Steam Navigation Company,
in Muscat are empty or arc in mins. Sur is a sail* Limited, maintain a weekly slow u ail sendee both
ing vessel port with'a population of about 12,000. from Bombay and Basra. The Fast Mail Service
The difficulty of obtaining water alone prevents the ^hich used to serve the port weekly both ways was
increase of population there. withdrawn during the War and has not been resumed
It is quite impossible to estimate the population since.
Freights.—The statement below gives the average
of the interior. TLe majority of the population arc rates of freight.
settled Arabs.
Per ton.
Its. a. r. Rs. a. r.
Natural Resources.
Dry dates . 18 0 p3T fctg 19 8 0
It is heped that the Anglo* Persian Oil Company, Wet dates 'a mat bag. 10 0 „ 14 0 0
Limited, who arc arranging to prospect for mineral Wet dates in boxes . 0 30 0 per box 25 0 0
oils in Muscat territory will succeed in working out
the mineral resources of the country and thereby Dry fiah t«-Colombo . 37 0 O
increase the country’s revenue. The Company Lope Pomegranate! . . 2 8 0 per crate 17 8 0
to star: prospecting in the autumn, 1925. Dry limes to Persian
Gulf 10 0 0 per bundle 33 0 0
Wet dates to United
Public Health. StatcB of America . Sh. 57J per ton.
Tbe climate of Muscat is extremely unhealthy and
the heat is excessive. Tbe highest temperature R. G. ALBAN, Captain,
recorded in the vear was 113*C>a and the lowest
67*3* F. , Adin-j British Consul, Muscat,