"ملف ١٠/XXVIII تقرير عن الأوضاع الحالية في مسقط وتعاملات الولاية مع القبائل التابعة لها اسميًا." [و‎‎٢‎٧] (١١٨/٥٣)

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fh«se at SUWAKi and JIASNAA I find U be as delapidated as
J/iLALX fort in Muscat; but the provincial forts being small
they can be repaired at moderate cost, the fort at KHABURA had
been so mucn neglected as to have^ecoms irreparable and has been
abandoned, as these forts are Headquarters of district 6 overn-
-ment l.e. are used as residencies and offices by the various
oalis it would* apart from the question of prestige, be un-
-economical to permit their decay and later as a result be com-
-mitted to heavy expenditure on new Government buildings. M
In his half-yearly report Ho. C/10/771 dated 26th
July 1926 Mr. Thomas statesi- ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية Public works programme has for
reasons of economy been completely cut out except for the re-
-roofing of the Muscat Custom's wharf.^
In a note attached to muscat Budget estimates for
1927 Mr. Thomas states " The State has of late kept its nead
above water in spite of growing impoverishment, by more effect-
-ive revenue and by cheesparing economies; but its precarious
balances do not permit of any ameliorative measures nedding funds
such as are regarded locally as urgent and important;vizi-
(1) school for muscat.
(2) Dispensary for Gwadur and a aub-Assistant aurgeon
for he small-pox infected BAT1NEH.
(3) Qadhis for each of the *1LAIf ATS as existed under
former Sultans.
80. In his report Ho. 27-C dated 5th march 1919 Major
Haworth writes *- " Once the sultan's Government was improved to
the point I propose I have little doubt that the people of the
wadi Samail would be only too anxious to return to him. Their
present position is not to their advantage. They are cut off
from the sea and their goods can only reach it or them through
the good offices of the Sultan. This fact added ,to the tendency
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-of more Highly organ!aed’ uovenmiehti would ^1 am convinced^ maxe
them desire reunion. Indeed, many of the Sheikhs of Samail
simply for material reasons, desire it already."