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2. In accordance with the anthority contained in Colonial Office despatch
No. 22, dated 30th May 1929, I have accorded recognition to Sheikh Ahmed bin
Salih bin 'Ahwadh and have authorised the payment to him of the stipend pre
viously enjoyed by his late father.
Enclosure to Serial No. (9).
Enclosures in Colonial Office covering note, No. 17953|33, dated January 1934.
Letter from the Resident, Aden, to the Colonial Office, No. 236, dated the
11th October 1933.
I have the honour to report for your information that Sheikh Salih bin
’Awadh, Sheikh of the Rija’i section of the Subeihi tribe, died on the 17th
September 1933.
He was a stipendiary Chief, and as soon as a successor has been elected by
his tribesmen a further communication will be addressed to you.
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{Received on 17th February 1934, with Political Secretary's letter No. 5, dated
1st February 1934.)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter, dated 26th January 19o4.
Letter from the Foreign Office, to the Treasury, No. E.-542|72|25, dated the
25th January 1934.
You will see from Rvan’s Saving telegram No. 2 of the 11th January [Serial
No. (8)], a copy of which has already been sent to you officially in our letter
E.-542|72j25 of the 24th January, that Abdul Hamid Shadid, who was previously
acting as the agent of the ea;-Khedive in the project for the establishment of a
Saudi State Bank (see correspondence ending with our letter E.-5925|234|25 of
the 13th October 1933), has now returned to Saudi Arabia with a proposal of
his own on the same lines, for which he claims to have the support of the
Westminster Bank.
2. I expect you are in a position to throw light on this claim, and we should
be grateful for information on the point, which we could pass on to Ryan, as he
asks.
3.1 am sending copies of this letter to James, at the Colonial Office, Laithwaite
at the India Office and Farrer at the Department of Overseas Trade.
(H)
{Received on 17th February 1934, with Political Secretary's letter No. 5, dated
1st February 1934.)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter, dated 30th January 19o4.
Letter from H. M.’s Minister, Jedda, to the Foreign Office, No. 355, dated
the 9th December 1933.
With reference to my despatch No. 285 of the 9th September regarding the
Jedda water supply, I have the honour to report that the day of cheap and plenti
ful water for Jedda now seems as far off as ever.
2. Sheikh Muhammad Dehlavi and the Waziria Committee are still at work
at Waziria extending the old Turkish conduit farther back into the foothills in
order to increase the head of water, which seeps into it from the subsoil, and a
satisfactory flow of water into the town continues. They have, however, done
nothing towards the renewal of the conduit near the town ; and it has now been
established that the pipes in this portion, besides being rotten, are so full of the
accumulated filth of ages that the water, which is reasonably pure at source, on
arrival in the town contains almost every imaginable type of g'erm. Europeans
here consequently eschew it, and even the native population, which is usually
influenced by considerations of price a great deal more than by those of hygiene,
fights shy.
3. It is estimated that an expenditure of £5,0(X) would suffice to repair the
whole conduit, renewing the piping where necessary, and thus relieve Jedda
of any future anxiety as regards water. The water runs from these wells to the
town by gravity, and no pumping apparatus, not even the now derelict windmill
pump introduced by Mr. Twitchell, is needed. An enterprising municipality