'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930' [‎21r] (46/474)

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™ ry iaprovouanta la tho wnmmttm. of the aged Rulor,
t-vho to Hllow thorn to be lnt2*oducfid t aatho« f -h he has not been
oaljort uoon "or any financial or oth^r ft .Bistanoo.
th*. hjervieeo of Assistant 3urgoo» j. Wood sell were acquired
for t Victoria Hei&orial Hoapi tal 9 which m$ greatly i»proved in
eltieisnc^ and popular!^ ^Xnc > his arrival.Tbs hospital building is
in urgent need oi repair for which,hovi^v^r funds haw? not been
available. $w:.llp&x has prevalent most o ‘ thr* year in a siHd form.
An epodeiiio of IniintmzH occurred during the hot season.
Cliaa te, fhe mlnfall in uhc spring o£ 13?2 ms above the live rage
& grising was unaaaaily good in the interior of Manageh Xaland.
fhr; autumn rains entirely failed .The hot season was s&ild«r than
that of I;2X.
Pearl VI n heri^s •
xhe results fraa the average pearl fishing were
tho;e of a nora&l year. There was an onaxpcotad revival of the
pearl trade & tne large stoci; ox pearls whichi^t nad ^eeatiulatsd owing
to the depression of late years was entiral^ disposed of. Soil lag
0rices shewed an advance of irtm 30#, to 40^- on those of 1921 .
a single eearl found by a hahrian boat sold for one la&h of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
In connection with the poarl tro.de n Monsieur Baben,
a French Tew aeocmpaiU^d oy his secretary MadomoiaellG Maresile»
^iaitel Bahrain and reusrwined for oevaral months. A rspreuentative
of ks ssj-s Bosenihal also visited the Isiaiida purchased pearls
to the value of aooat fchir^yla^hij.
Tha ;ol Um pf haj d. The Balitioai visited Ojair in March on behalf
of the Political Beuldent who was unable to ge.& presented the
insignia of the C.I. J. to 3haik iin Jiiuwi.Aiair of Hasaa, in the
orasnneo of r. large gathering of notables.
?bo Political igent accompanied His T iJcoell«ncy the F^gh Oommiss/loner
for Iraq to 01 air on Hov^raner 28th ^ met the Sul uan of ka.ld.The
termj» of a treaty defining the boundary between Etejd rind Iraq were
up by His Bxceliefccy the High Oornai •• aionnx and wereft accepted
•IF Mis Highness tm sultan. A Ur Holmes representing 'London financial
interests visited the Sultan at Bassa about the same tine & obtained