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{vii) l)r. W. W. Thoms and the Reverend G. D. Van Peursem proceeded to
X)arin on the 9th May and returned on the 14th.
(viii) In July His Majesty King Bin Sa’ud asked for medical help for
women and a party consisting of Dr. and Mrs. Dame, Mrs. Van Peursem Miss
Davis and five compounders and servants left for Riyadh on the 26th July.
The patient for whom they had been called was a Wife of the King and another
A,/of the Roval household. The party returned to Bahrain on the 24th
October. While in Riyadh they performed 130 operations, treated 3,^6 ^ cases
and received 221 out-calls. > 1
oq Judicial —The total number of Civil Suits instituted Avas one thousand
nine hundred and forty-one as compared with two thousand four and seventy-
-r+ tnri rlnrino’ 1^3^ and the total number of criminal suits was iOin
^d^SSwith four hundred and forty-five for the
previous year. ^ i
(ii) The total number of petitions registered amounted to two thousand
three hundred and fifty-three and Insolvency cases to four.
(Hi) One murder case was tried in which the accused was a subject or
Cn’n li Arabia He was found guilty and sentenced to death._ The sentence was
Imfirmtl by the Governor Geniral-in-Council and the execution was carried out
m Bahrain.^ in the number of Civil Suits instituted is due to the
prevailing depression. 11 t •
94 yints of Government Officials and others—0) The Honourable Ly 1 ;
, n , l/ rp V 4 Howie C.B.E., Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
visit (Vilalii ain' on the' 6 th February and landed for the day on the 12th March.
He again visited Bahrain from the 11th November to the 26th.
tii) Air Commodore A. D. Cunningham, C.B., Chief of the Staff, Britisi
Forces in Traq, arrived on the 9th February. #
liii) Colonel J. F. Turner, D.S.O., Director of Works in the Air Ministry,
visited Bahrain on the 23rd March. _
Bahrain ^ ^^^mngdL passed through by Imperial Airways’
west^und ae“ron thehbth June. She was met at the aerodrome by 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. . x c n Prior lately 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. , Bahrain,
v tii) Major J. J. Rooney, I.M.S., Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon, Bushire, arrived on
a visit of inspection on the | nd ^ g " S ^ c 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. , Muscat, arrived on
the ith^oveSb r to meeJthe Ciourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .
the Jth i\o\emoc FIvd Lord of the Admiralty, passed
through onlheTwest b^und^eroplane^on^the 16th November. He was met at the
aerodrome by Urn Manager Near Fast Area, Imperial Airways
\ 1U '. ii ^ ivfu Tarmarv and left on the 2Utn.
Limited, arrived on c ^ XTnited States of America), a
Director of r The Balmahi^Petroleum^Coinpany, Limited, arrived on the 2nd
Mare ( A) M , E. w. Janson, Chairman of the Eastern and General Syndicate,
limited arrived on the 2nd Marcn. yrnTir r< e r Tlnl r.r
( X iii) Hi^Ey^’^yoottfj^nf^idVffinfte bt July"' ' "
0f “ S^h'slan bin Saqar, Ruler of Sharjah, arrived on the 29th Octo
ber and left on the 1st November ^ fur t he r drained of its resources by
25. Sa’tidt Arabta.—(t) J- 1, ‘ ? loans an( j taxation has reduced the people
the imposition of a number number of people have fled to Bahrain,
o f] readful state ot mnwi,y-
smuggling their women out dressed as men.