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-ib) h\ March Major General C. J. B. Hay, C.B., C.M.G. C.B.E. and
Mrs. Hay (Iraq Army).
(c) In March Mr. FJdmonds, C.M.G., Iraq Ministry of Foreign AlTairs.
(d) In March II. E. the Mntasarrif of Basra, Tahsin Beg Ali and Staff.
(e) In April H. E. Dr. Grobba, German Minister in Baghdad (and wife).
{/) In April H. E. Alonsienr Lepissier (and wife) French Charge
d'Affaires, in Baghdad.
(g) In April Dr. Hermann Swedhof, German Educational Expert to
Iraq Government.
;(//.) In April Monsieur Albert Asfar, Hon’y French Consul, Basra.
(i) June II. E. Shaikh Abdulla a.l Khalifa, C.I.E., of Bahrain.
(j) October. The Right Hon’ble Sir Phillip Sassoon, Bart., C.B.E.,
C.M.G. (passed through).
(k) November. Sir J. Salmond, G.B.E., C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O., D.C.L.,
Marshall, R.A.F. (passed through).
(l) December. Mr. Justice Lloyd of Iraq Government.
(m) December. H. E. Shaikh Mohamed al Khalifa of Bahrain.
Note .—The names of prominent Bedouin visitors from Saudi Arabia,
are for obvious reasons not included.
1934.
1934.
XVI.— Meteorological.
(1) The lowest temperature recorded during 1934 was 40 F. on 28th January
The highest temporal are recorded during 1934 was 118 F. on 3rd August
(2) Up to 31st December the rainfall for the year was 5.40 m.
(3) Kuwait Town experienced a remarkable cloudburst on 8th
1934. In 1 hour 3 in. of rain fell, doing enormous damage to the city. As many
as 350 houses collapsed, another 1,000 were badly damaged, ar f
sons were rendered homeless in the course of a few minutes. Full details ol
the disaster were recorded in a separate despa c .
H. R. P. DICKSON, Lt.-Colonel,
Political Agent, Kuwait.
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