File 8/22 Eastern Aden Protectorate Intelligence Summaries [‎283r] (568/575)

7» AGRICULTrRS £
2392*
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protectorate
puc to the recent •floo.cls in the pastern
especially the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hhdhramaut the A«0, was hept very
busy making cash advances and his stock of specie,.! 1
grazing millet soon ran out, preassure was ^however
brought to bear on the local Kathiri and Qu aiGi
to make the usurers hand over their hoarded-seed to tne
A.O* against -orices decided by a Board appoint eo. ior tnc.t
purpose some 21000 lbs, of seed were thus obtained to the
great joy of the farmers. The Agricultural Oixicer QUite
optimistically quot'ds in respect of Haura, Hureidha an
Henin areas that yields should be terrific. Tnis is
only confined to the areas mentioned above but al, o v {
ing degrees throughout the Wadis Hadliramaut, Du an f Adim,
Amd and Ain and of course all the subsidiary^wadis to tne
main ones mentioned here. The Government cautle left at
Nuqra for bund work whilst the main work on the dam was
shut down- until after Ramadhan were taken Shi. am where
they nve now hard at work ploughing lands for needy far-
loX bn » ^paynent basis. We can l*ok forward to caster
condition than has been the lot i.ne pG0 ^? ° f h ^ low
Wadis for sa long, if only the locusts are beaten hollow.
8 . MET 30 ROL OGI3 AL
2893(2864) The maximum temperature during the month 9o*3
■ * h, ! , , v» it if « 77.2'
The minimum
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Heavy rains foil dnrins the first days of the raonth
and there were abundant floods in almost all ^ .
stretching from seidat at Deiyin, Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Amd, eadi Du an,
'• . rradi -uakhya. Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. padliramaut - up to gnibam and from
. ahuraf.to Hnsn cl Urr have received very good floods -
’ most of them as many as eight times. The Kai-niri P
* of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. has benefited little from these flooas, ^t
' ' ' is reported tliat one Gendermarie and 4 others drownea
In floods. The floods - the first for 5 years - m most
r parts, were received with great rejolein-.
9.RATES OF EXCHAKGB.
qrqa. The nates o Exchange during the month of Angus
2894 ( 2869 .) vcrle Wgtw=cn rs. 240 and 232 per hxmdred dollars. There
was a sharp fall in the exchange on or about 15uh August
*! . , : since which time there has been a rise.
ICh SHIPPING:
289 5{ '867)
During the roonth of August the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. traffic was as
foliovs;
Arrivals Departure
f r ora
place s.
Aden g Red gea n 0 rts
. o v- 7 il and rr.d gfr ac a _
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabian Coast
India.
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11.1 OOP SUPPLIE S
2896(2868)
To-
tax imports were as follows during the month;
quota imports.
Whe at
g-ihet
Birasim
pi jr.(beans) 11C
Me rchants
445 bag s
120 5 pkges
1504 11