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on the 20th June a proposal to buy 3 million rounds of Lee-hnfield cartiidges /
through Messrs. Gellatly, Hankey and Co. (Sudan) (Limited).
131. The organisers in India of the proposed hastern Olympic Games have
made various efforts to interest Saudi Arabian sportsmen in their project through
■^official channels. On the 6th June the Legation forwarded through the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs a letter addressed by the Maharaja of Patiala to Ibn Saud on
the subject.
132. Pilgrimage work during the month consisted principally of winding
up odds and ends and preparing the annual pilgrimage report. The Indian vice-
consul left for Istanbul on long leave on the 14th June.
133. The position in regard to the manumission of slaves in June was as
follows :—
Males.
On hand at beginning of month ... ... 6
Took refuge in June ... ... ... 2
Manumitted in June and repatriated ... 7
Locally manumitted ... ... ... Nil
On hand at end of month ... ... ... 1
The Legation has taken up with the Saudi Government a case of the alleged
resale into slavery not far from Jedda of a young man and a young woman whose
father, now at Kamaran, declares that he and they were manumitted by their
owner some years ago. Another case of the alleged sale of an ostensible wife by
an Abyssinian pilgrim is under consideration, but the evidence is probably too
weak to justify action.