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On the 14-th April the Anglo-Per si an Oil Company, Limited, abandoned these
operations much to the disappointment of the Ruler.
On the 24th May 1932 Major Holmes was told that, he could renew his
application for an Oil concession hitherto held up by His Majesty’s Govern
ment’s insistence on the ‘ British Nationality Clause ’.
On the 25th May Major Holmes submitted a fresh draft concession to the
1 Shaikh and sent a copy to the Honourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .
On 25th June after two visits to Kuwait by Mr. Gass, the Deputy General
Manager of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the Shaikh was informed that the
AnMcnPersian Oil Company had received fresh instructions from London to
prepare and submit a draft Oil concession without delay. This was presented
to the Shaikh on 19th August
Then followed an examination, in London, of the two Companies’ draft
concessions by His Majesty’s Government s experts.
At the end of December His Majesty’s Government sent out, to the Shaikh,
a lermthv letter consisting of a comparison between the draft Oil concessions
submitted by the Eastern and General Syndicate and the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company Limited, together with the considered comments and observations of
His Majesty’s Government, as far as the financial advantages offered by each
Company were concerned. • These observations of His Majesty’s Government
were duly passed on to the Shaikh on 8th January 1933, and here for the moment
the matter stands.
XI. — Posts and Tele graphs.
The Post and Telegraph service in Kuwait continued to be run by the Iraq
Government during 1932. This arrangement is no longer satisfactory or
desirable now that Iraq has become independent.
As a result of protracted negotiations carried out during 1932, His
Majesty’s Government, at the end of the year, decided to inform the Iraq
Government that His Excellency the Shaikh of Kuwait was prepared to enter
into an agreement with Iraq for the Iraq Post and Telegraphs Department to
administer the Post and Telegraph Department of Kuwait under certain con
ditions.
These above were conveyed to the Iraq Government on 12th January 1933,
but to data no reply has been received.
XII. — Political Agent’s Tours.
During the year under review the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. again went all over the
State by car and visited practically every important point on the Kuwait-
Sa’udiyah frontier. In addition one comprehensive tour was made of the
Kuwait Neutral Zone.
The object of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in making these tours was to show him
self to the tribes and to familiarize himself with hinterland affairs, the state
of wells, grazing areas, and movements of the various Bedouin sections.
The keeping up of such ‘ tours ’ is in the opinion of the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. an important
dutv of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ; as above all they breed confidence among the
Nomadic population and show trans-border officials and persons bent on mischief
that the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. is ‘ wide awake ’ ; and is working in close co-operation
with the Ruler of Kuwait and his people.
XIII.— Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Charitable Dispensary.
(a) Work done during the year 1932.— There were a total of 10,015 atten
dances made up as follows :—
Adults .
Children
males 3,221
females 2735
males 2,295
females 1,764
74 minor operations were carried out.
(h) Prevailing Diseases.
Eye diseases .. -•
Ear diseases ,..,
2,635
2,140