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Staff:
Number of Clerks (Customs) 59
„ „ (Food Control) *7
II
Total .. 76

Menials :
Customs, including Guards 52
Food Control 5
Total .. 57

Salaries Paid :
Rs. Rs.
Customs Department *.43.969
Food Control 33.ifi3
I»77.,32

Wages Paid :
Customs Department 53.o85
Food Control 5.5*3
----------- 58.598
The increased staff is due to the increased amount of work required to cope with increased
in-coming cargoes.

Bills of Entry.—The total number of Bills of Entry dealt with in 1368 was 17,560, an increase
of 4,541 over 1367.
Particulars arc:
Steamers 1,167
Craft 2,528
Baggage and Aircraft 3.865
Total .. *7.56o

Shipping Bills.—The total number of Shipping Bills dealt with during the year amounted to
27.359. ar* increase of 9,275 over last year.

Particulars are :
Export Shipping Bills 25,112
Transhipment Bills .. 2,083
Over-carried .. 164
Total .. 27.359

Accidents within the Port.—On the 27th September, 1949, a local craft which was bound for
Muscat laden with 700 bags of rice from Iraq was sunk near Sitra. A part of the cargo was brought
ashore in damaged condition for drying.
The Light Tender “ NEARCHUS ” paid her usual visits of inspection to the lights and buoys
in the port.