File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [‎145r] (294/898)

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option but to evacuate^ He has promised that all assistance shall be niven to the
company m the removal of their property. ^
p T The Hejaz Government, who'have been in communication with the
Government of Palestine with a view to the introduction of a service of monev
orders between the two countries, have decided to prepare and sign a contract on the
lines proposed by the Government of Palestine. Correspondence will be conducted
m Arabic, but an endeavour will be made to prepare statements of account in French
,, ri " ;1 sb ' They propose that the service should come into force one month after
the signature of the agreement.
har^rT^' i P / a !^ Ce in d u lg e ^ in largely by Jeddah merchants and others of
le f ters t( ? the ^ aste ^ of north or sout d bound ships to be posted at Suez or
den has been stopped by Government order. The reason given is that the nost
office is thereby defrauded of much of its revenue. The decision wasfhowever?more
probably prompted by the Government’s suspicion that propaganda was in this
way being carried on Though there has been no official intimation that correspond
before 1 deHv^ry^ S ° r6 ^ been Cases recentl y where letters have been opened
13. A new decree has been published relating to the practice of medicine
and the sale of drugs m the Hejaz to the following effect:
(1.) No doctor, dentist, midwife, dispenser or chemist may exercise his
profession until he has obtained a licence from the Public Health
Department.
(2.) A licence may be revoked if the holder is proved to have committed any act
justifying such revocation.
(3.) The following fees are leviable for the issue of licences
(i.) Doctor’s licence 200 piastres Mirri (roughly £1 165.).
(ii.) Dispensing chemist’s licence : 100 piastres Mirri (roughly 185.).
(iii.) Midwife’s licence : 25 piastres Mirri (roughly 45. 6d.).
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(4.) A chemist may not sell any drug prohibited by the Department of Health.
(5.) If prohibited drugs are confiscated by the Department of Health, no claim
to compensation will be admitted.
(6.) First offenders under this decree will be liable to a maximum fine of £5 and
to a maximum term of one month’s imprisonment. Pecidivists will be
liable to a fine not exceeding £50 and a maximum of six months’ imprison
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14. Abdul Ghani Senni, the Turkish diplomatic representative to Ibn Sand
and the Imam Yahya, has left the Hejaz for an indefinite period of leave. He had
intended to visit the Yemen this summer, but the state of his health precluded the
possibility of his undertaking the arduous journey. He is suffering from several
serious complaints, not the least of which is senile debility. An unfortunate mixture
of childish imbecility and pompous insolence, he succeeded in alienating the
sympathies of all those with whom he came in contact. In his absence the duty of
representing Turkey has devolved on the Chancellier, a musty old gentleman, who