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vm. ayam.
AO alavea applied fop mamimisalon certificates during
the year under report and 30 were granted. Of the AO appli
cants 11 were captured slaves and the remainder domestic slaves.
IX. ENFiff ACTIVITIES .
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In common with the Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf,
Muscat experienced a very unpleasant summer- Total rainfall
during the year amounted to 18 cents and the absence of rain
at the end of the year is generally regarded as a bad omen for
the coning summer.
PARI n .
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i. MJM LM IM.
(a) Bla Sajyld Said bln Talmur i His High-
nesa the Sultan returned from India to Dhofar on the 12th Feb
ruary in an aircraft provided by the United States Government.
On the 4th April, he paid an official visit to M&sirah
island and inspected the various installations and buildings of
the Royal Air Force, the United States Transport Command, the
A^en Protectorate Levies and the British Oversec-s Airways Cor
poration.
In May, His Highness arrived at Muscat, where he
stayed for the remainder of the year.
His long absence from the capital of his State and
the consequent inadequate supervision over the various depart
ments of his Government had resulted In the standard of admi
nistration falling to a deplorably low level. Immediately
on arrival, His Highness set about the ranch needed re-organisa
tion with vigour He took into his own hands the direction
of financial matters and control of the Treasury, preparing
himself the leng overdue budget. His Director General of
Customs, who had previously acted as Finance Officer, was ins
tructed to concern himpelf with Customs matters only. The
control and distribution of essential supplies and the regu
lation of price levels, in connection with which a number of
malpractices and abuses had been allowed to go up, were placed
on a mere satisfactory basis under his personal direction.
His actions soon produced a very marked improvement in all
branches of his administration.
In March, His Highness requested the assistance of
the Political Agent in securing the services of a British Of
ficer to act as his principal Advisor and to undertake a number
of executive and administrative responsibilities. War time
conditions made it difficult to Find a suitable person for
this post, and, upto the end of the year no appointment had
been made.
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