"ملف 61/11 IV (D 77) مسائل متنوعة خاصة بالحجاز ونجد" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٢] (٣٦٦/٢٧٨)

Egypt now had a Consular representative of some ability in the dominions
of King Ibn Saud, that according to the reports of this official the difficulties
which stood in the way of establishing friendly and regular relations between
the two countries were not insoluble. Sidky Pasha added that he was now
occupying himself with the matter with the purpose and in the hope of solv
ing the difficulties, which were of a religious as wll as of a political order.
P S. —I am sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty's Minister at
Jieddah.
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(Received on 31st January 1932, with Political Secretary's letter No. P. Z.-
2, dated 14th January 1932.)
T elfgram from H. M.' s M inister , J edda, to the P olitical R esident,
B ushire , N o. 6, dated tq^ 6th J anuary 1932.
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(Repeated to Foreign Office, No. 2.)
My telegram No. 3, TEncl. to S. No. (14)].
King left Riyadh for Hasa on January 2nd.
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(17)
M emo, from H. M.' s M inister , J edda , No. 16, dated the 21 st J anuary
/ 1932.
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His Majesty's Minister at Jedda presents his compliments to Foreign
Secretary to Government of India and has the honour to transmit to him
the under-mentioned documents.
Description of Enclosure
Name and date.
Subject.
To Foreign Office, Despatch No. 36 of 21&t
January 1932.
Hejazi Government Budget.
Enclo. to S. No. (17).,
L etter from H is M ajesty's M inister , J edda > to the F oreign O ffice,
No. 36, dated the 21 st J anuary 1932.
With reference to my despatch No. 492 of December 28, [Enclo. to S,
No. (11)], I have the honour to state that the Umm-al-Qnra of January 15,
published the text of what purports to be a budget for the lunar year begin
ning Sha'ban 1,1350, i.e., December 11, 1931. I enclose a translation of the
finance law and attached statement, as published. It will be observed that
there is a discrepancy of Piastres miri 486,458 between the items and the
total shown.
2. The publication of this enactment must be regarded as a distinct
advance.. The budget is nevertheless merely an estimate of expenditure under
various heads. It is assumed that revenue will be available to meet this
expenditure but no attempt is made to estimate the anticipated revenue from
various sources. It is not stated whether the budget applies to the Heiaz or
to the whole of Ibn Sa'ud's dominions.
3. I had some conversation regarding the budget with Fuad Bey Hamza
on January 19, when I was discussing the position in regard to certain British
claims. I congratulated him on the step forward made by his Government.
I observed that, while the amount ear-marked for the payment of debts did