'File [XI A/14] British Consulate Muscat' [‎56r] (111/426)

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muscat Intelligence Juiiimary for tne period from
1st to 15th January 1937.
aOYAL MVY.
1
H.M.3. ,, Bidefo^d ,, arrived on the 14th January and
landed one sick Meteorological Observer from Bhargah
suffering from dysentery. The man was admitted into the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Hospital. The ship left on the same evening.
3.S. w 3alawati" of the silver Java Pacific uine
being unable to discharge all her cargo proceeded to the
Gulf on the 17th december and returned on the 2nd January.
After discharging the remaining cargo she left for Karachi
on the 5th. The total cargo unloaded at i^us^at was 4866
bags of Java sugar.
3. (German) 3.5.” Birkenfels” of the Hansa ^ine
steamship Company called at i^atrah from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
on the 15th and is loading dried fish.
BOYAL AlH FORCE.
4. No visits.
BRITISH INTBRK3T3.
5. The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. flagstaff and the 3ultan*s forts were
dressed on the 1st January and a salute of 31 guns was
fired from the Guitars firing battery in honour of Pro
clamation day
No reception was held at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. owing to the
indisposition of the Political Agent«
6. mt. F.W.Humphrey, divisional onager of aable and
Wireless Limited, Karachi, arrived on the 13th January by
B.d.^Bandra* 1 to inspect his Branch Office at ^uscat. He
is being accommodated at the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
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