ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٠٠ جزء ٤ "نشرات عدن. (١٩٢١-١٩٢٣)" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٨] (٦٤٤/٢٩٥)

in hi8 rgply to Captain F&zluddin, referred to in
th© Xiw« Latter d^ted 30th June 1322.
Captain F&zluddin informs me that 18 old
©tab) ishad traders of Hod©ida have closed their
business houses since the occupation of the place by
the Uriel.
Captain Fatluddln also informs me that the
j house tax in Hodeida has recently been increased by
200^ and that it now amounts to four times the tax
j which the Turks levied before the War; that the number
i of taxable houses has also been'considerably increased
j by taxing in addition house compounds as distinct from
| the house. The lurisi also resorts to the experiment
of collecting customs duty in advance on good© which he
states the traders till receive srortly. In his anxiety
to 1notease revenue, the Idrisi seems to be killing the
goose rhioh lays thgolden egg.
The Command*;r of H»X.8» Cornflower informs me
that he called at Mocha in July last and on inquiry
from the Sheikh there found that no French ship had
cal lad there for a long time and that no Italian ship
had visited Mocha since the far.
Th© Zabeed agent of the Political Officer,
Hodeida, reports that Ibn ©1 Wazir has written to th©
three prominent merchants of Zabeed, Mahomed H&ss&n
Jum&^ni, Shaikh Ibrahim Mizjaji and Mohammad Ibrahim
Biluh asking them to com© to D&mar. Th© merchant® are
said to be vary nervous as they do not know the reason
for this unexpect d summons.
Th® Assistant Resident, Peri®, reports that
the Frenchmen referred in in my last letter (p<tg. 5)
1 are preparing to return to Mocha, in8tead('of Constanti-
Inople.
Mahomed