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8 eyyid Muhammad lahir recently visited the King at Riyadh and was said to,
have been received with kindness and hospitality.
362. The development of the operations of the Saudi Arabian Mining
?/ 11 C ri ca ^ e ’ recorded last month at paragraph 321, continues apace.
Mr. Twitched s British, American and Swedish confreres have been joined by a
Dutchman, a Greek with a certain Russian background, and a German,
accompanied by his dachshund. The Swedish diamond-drillers are now working
mgln and day; further work on the road is in progress; a site of some 300 yards
by 150 yards has been secured by the syndicate about a mile north of Jedda,
where work on the construction of a walled compound to contain dwelling-houses!
store-houses, garages, &c., has already commenced. A pier, not far removed from
this site, running out to deep water, has also been planned.
Further changes have taken place in the local representation of the
California Arabian Standard Oil Company during the month. Mr. W. J. Lenahan
returned from Hasa on the 24th November via Egypt, and Mr. R. Lebkidker left
on the 28th by the same route for a few weeks’ visit to Hasa before returning to
Condon early next year. Mr. Lenahan stated that the prospects of winning oil in
Hasa in commercial quantities appear favourable, as at the present stage o/boriim-
100 barrels a day are being obtained, whereas when at the same depth of boring
in the adjacent successful wells in Bahrein only a smear of oil was obtained
364. A further consignment of 30,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. (vide paragraph 323 of the
last report) arrived from Bombay on the 13th November, making a total of
1,630,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. imported through Jedda since May last. A further consignment
of 400.000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. is expected shortly.
365. The following items of legislation have been published in the press
r, > j, , dlirin £ the month : (^ Regulations concerning the prohibition of the import, sale,
< d (c t n carrying and possession of arms, other than sporting guns; (b) regulations
/ . concerning the practice of medicine in Saudi Arabia; (c) regulations concerning
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II—Frontier Questions and Foreign Relations in Arabia.
366. The Umm-al-Qura of the 22 nd November contained an announcement
that, m accordance with the provisions of article 4 of the Treaty of Taif
arrangements had now been made for the delimitation of the Saudi-Yemeni
frontier Two commissions had been appointed by the Saudi Arab Govern
ment, and would work jointly with similar bodies appointed by the King of the
\ emen. One of the commissions had already left for the frontier area. No names
of the members of these commissions have as vet been made public.
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HI -—Relations with Powers outside Arabia.
367. Sir Andrew Ryan, after travelling by air from Egypt via Bagdad,
Koweit and Bahrein, as stated in -paragraph 334 of the last report, arrived at
Riyadh by way of Uqair, where he was met by Tewfik Hamza, brother of
. uad Bey Hamza, on the 23rd November. He left Riyadh, where he was joined
hy the Legation party from Jedda, which had arrived on the 20th, on the 28th and
is expected to reach Jedda on the 3rd December. During his stay of five days as
Ion Saud s guest, His Majesty s Minister was to engage in conversations on some
of the more important questions outstanding between His Majesty’s Government
and the Saudi Arab Government.
0 . .^ s already recorded above. Fuad Bey Hamza, Saudi delegate to the
Hejaz Railway Conference (paragraph 338), returned to Jedda at the beginning
of the month. His technical advisers returned several days later. So far no
official account has been received here of the proceedings of the conference.
^b9. (Reference paragraph 340.) On the 4th November the Political
Resident at Bushire reported that 409 destitute Indian pilgrims had arrived at
Bahrein from Hasa, and were to be evacuated to Karachi on the 11 th. As nothino-
further has since been received on this subject, this has presumably been
successfully carried out.
370. Conversations regarding the draft notes embodying the results of the
Bahi cm Conference (paragraph 341 of the last report) were continued during
the month with Sheikh 1 usuf Yasin, and, upon his return from abroad, with