'ملف 18/54 I (A 89) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني لمسقط: تشريعات جديدة' [ظ‎‎١‎٦‎٥] (٣٩٦/٣٢٦)

quite easily deal with my own aibjects and would welcome
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your co-operation and help in dealing with the British
subject j.art of the populace".
The first thing to do is obviously to get trie
place surveyed. A ground survey in the rabbit warrens and
lanes constituting jLuscat or .kattrah would taice years and
then be useless, but enlarged aerial mosaics would certainly
go far to serve the problem and would be adequate enough for
all practical purposes.
7. The next thing, and this His Highness is very keen
on, is to obtain the loan of the services ^free of course) of
a competent British engineer officer to study the problem of
draining the fearful cesspool to trie south of the town
muscat;, and tnereafter to Keep this area free.
8. This latter point involves the disposal of rain
water. why not construct storage tanks which would be an
invaluable reserve against the annual water shortage in the
hot weather.
9. Saiyid Said jumped at my idea of converting the
open space adjoining the cesspool into a decent little public
garden, which can be very easily done at trifling expense.
The said area is at present a repugnant anc odoriferous
eyesore only rivalled by its neighbour the cesspool.
10. The Sultan, who has been busy planning, planting
and reorganising in Dhofar, is undoubtedly fired with zeal
to do the same in muscat and i think his ideas are worthy of
our support.
11. xo sum up requirements to further his ideas, the
following are essential:-
-an aerial survey of kuscat and plater if not nowj
jkattrah.
^b; our assistance in dealing with non-co-operating
British subjects.
if none other is vcj The services of a competent engineer * to survey
mailable perhaps the
heikh of Bahrain the drainage problem,
ighi be induced
o ifind to his brother
rab Ruler,the services of his municipal Engineer,
^ovided the latter is competent to deal v/ith such matters.