'File [XI A/1] Muscat Administration Reports and related correspondence' [‎53r] (110/390)

The annual special autiiorisatlon la
aircraft to land and fly over •u^cat arid Oman required by
Government ana the Sultan in 19&4 was renewed on i.nd January.
Tne civil aerodrome at Gwadur continued
to be u~ea t^rou^nout the yt r by the bi-weekly East ana
West service/maintained by Imperial Airways* A number ox
private aircraft also lanaed here in the course of tne year
and a few aachines ox the Hoyal Air Force on their occasional
flights between Iraq and India or vice versa.
The emergency laming ground at Shines
w;*s not uoed by any Imperial Airways machines.
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(a) The French Consulate remained closed
throughout the year.
At the request of the Consul ror
France, Fombay, a few repairs to the Consulate building were
carried out ly the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Overseer.
(b) American interests remained in the
hanas of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. during the year.
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Church of the United States of America) Was carried out uy
the Revd. Mr. ^nd hr a. Penning s. They were relieved by the
Revd.Mr. and ^rs.Dykstra in December.
Dr. *Karrison continued t hroughout
the ye ^r in charge of the Medical side oi tne is^ion at
their Hos ital at Matrah,
Dr.W*H.Stora who by special permissi
of the Su tan had set up a medical clinic for some 4 month
in Dhofar returnea in a sailing vessel on ^nd March '
Muscat and left lor Balirain on the r4th.