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I. TH,: POLITICAL aGBNGI .
Personnel .
(a) Major M.P.O’C. Tandy, M.B.E. of the Indian Political
Service held charge of the Agency throughout the year.
(b) Assistant Surgeon C.E. Hynes, I.M.D. held charge of
the G-overnment Charitable Dispensary and performed the duties oi |
Quarantine Medical Officer throughout the year.
n. ttto put,two family .
(a) His Highness Shaikh Sir Ahmed al Jabir As oubah,
K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., maintained remarkably good health tnroughout
the year. Until the spring the American Mission doctors visited
him twice each week ana thereafter once a v/eek«
On the Slat May His Highness left by air for Riyadh,
on a visit to King Ibn Saud returning on the 21st Juie also by, air»
His Highness stood the air journey well but the change of routine
involved in timing his movements to synchronise with those oi xbn
Saud caused a slight rise in his blood pressure for which he was
treated by Dr. Storm*
On the 26th August His Highness left by sea on a visii
to Karachi and Bombay. v/hiTe in Karachi -the i akistan G-overnmen
provided him with accommodation, transport, and escorts. I 1 ®
met Mr. Jinnah and many other personalities and left Karachi by se,
for Bombay on September 15th returning to Kuwait on the 14th
October.
Largely owing to lack of rain the hawking has been
poor and His Highness did not spend so long as usual m the
desert during the winter.
(b) Shaikh Abdullah as Salim, C.I.E., continued to
administer the Finance and the Supply Departments throughout the
year except during his visit to Karachi and Bombay in November
and December. Shaikh Abdullah appeared more favourably,impressed
with the standard of administration in India than tnat m
Pakistan.
Shaikh Abdullah as Salim's visits to Failecha Island
were as frequent as in other years.
(c) Shaikh Abdullah al Mubarak,,C.I.E. continued to
supervise the Department of Public Security with ruthlessness and
energy, maintaining a high degree of security m the town and
desert. He visited Iraq in April for a few days and Iraq and
Syria in July and August.
(d) Shaikh Abdullah al Jabir, C.I.E. performed,his ;
duties as Chief Justice and Director of Education efficiently and
loyally and remained in Kuwait throughout the year.