‘File 2/21 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3K) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Baital. Falaj.’ [‎16r] (35/58)

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Ko. t&<50 of 1929.
?o1 a insulate,
Muscat the 18th hoveiuber 1929.
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roiiticai /u-ent and Cora}uXfliuaoat 9
Xhe Hon'bJLa the jrcJUtioal ne ex dent
in tne jrersian uuxr f
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•xth rt Terence to your endoraeiiamts i>»os*4^3 and 4*4 dated Xt
1929
let uctoDe^i i.a/e tne nono-xr to forward 9 here».xtri # a tranoj. txon of
a letter no*u<s dated 13th November 1*29 frouk the Council of xnxa-
• tere granting |»ermioaxon for tho uoe of the proposed landing
grounds at v>onar and hext al ’fclaj*
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Xne Council request tr»at t^icy may be psiid similar rentals
to those which may be granted for other sites on the Arabian litto-
*ral of the Cuif 9 &nd I understand this request is mde on txie
grounds of prestige,
I may men ion that tiie ^orlc of clearing the ground at honar
«as ta^cn in by tne «ali tiiere, j;e wrote last weejc statir 4 g
that he had cut down 33 palms and was busy le*eliitig 9 but held
up for money for expenses of labourers and wanted bo bugs of .<hite
lii^e for ma ung the circle,
Ihe lime ^as sent from muscat accordingly at a cost of
W8,iti9~iu-u and a suift of ma.loo/-was also advioiced from this office
toward© the wor^c.
it is expected Umt the ground sill be ready for use tue
first see* of december,
ihe ground at next al ifeiaj has been exa 1 xned by the ^ub
CTerseer r, who estimates the cost of clearing o ail stones
and removing shrubs at h©,20U/« to ;ts.2bo/~.
As regards the uite for a petrol godoim 9 i nave nad ectiiaat^
prepared for the repair of the old French Coal shed In case it my
be decided to u»e it for this purpose, nhai; Bahadur nauib has made