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FO 1016/555

Administration of Muscat, 1957

This file relates to the internal situation in Muscat and Oman regarding development and administration. It contains correspondence concerning: F C L Chauncy’s enquiries to the government of Zanzibar for possible suggestions on people to fill various posts in Muscat, from agricultural officers to tutors A report on agriculture in Muscat and Oman by the Director of Agriculture in Bahrain Aubrey Van Ollenbach.
FO 371/156804

Agriculture, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Progress of the experiments being carried out at the Nizwa Agricultural Station (1) Invitation to the Agricultural Advisor at the Middle East Development Division J C Eyre to attend the Farmers' Day at Nizwa (2) Report on the Farmers' Day (3) Report by Eyre entitled 'Comments on agricultural development in Muscat and Oman', along with a covering letter (4) Comments on Eyre's report, and particularly on his suggestion that a second agricultural station should be opened at Sohar.
FO 371/140198

Development of agriculture in Muscat and Oman. Code BA file 1282, 1959

This file contains: Report on 'financial and technical assistance for the development of agriculture in Muscat and Oman' (1) Need for an assistant and a clerk for L W Huntington [Robin] (4) Reports of US missionaries who intend to carry out agricultural development work in Oman (5) Correspondence regarding an agricultural development programme for Oman proposed by J C Eyre (6-7) Correspondence regarding the setting up of an agricultural station in Oman (8) Question of a successor to Aubrey Van Ollenbach, who has been appointed to a position in Pakistan (9) Request from the Su
FO 371/114656

Economic development programme for Trucial States, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit by Mohammad Bakhit Saghir to Doha, Sharjah and Dubai. He arrived with a Lebanese passport, but no visa. Allegedly acting on behalf of Sadaka Kaki, founder of the Economic and Engineering Company Limited, he met the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Al Qasimi. He proposed many development schemes, but provided no details.
FO 371/126957

Development of agriculture in Oman: Agricultural show in Bahrain, 1957

This file contains: Letter produced by the Government of Bahrain Public Relations Department about the 1957 Bahrain Agricultural Show and the policies of the Department of Agriculture (1) Draft agricultural development scheme for central Oman by Head of the Bahrain Agricultural Department Dr Aubrey Van Ollenbach and related correspondence (2-3)

FO 371/114688

Agricultural development in the Trucial States, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Trucial States water drilling programme (1) Introduction of schemes and measures to improve agricultural output on the Trucial Coast with the assistance of Captain Huntington and the Director of Agriculture in Bahrain, Dr Aubrey Van Ollenbach (2-3) Request for authority of about £400 to cover the erection of a house for Huntington at the research station (4) Purchase of a weighing machine to enable Huntington to weigh fertilisers, etc (5) Van Ollenbach's report concerning agricultural development and possibilities in the Trucial Stat