Development programme of Trucial States

This file relates to the Trucial States Development Scheme and the Buraimi rehabilitation project. It contains correspondence concerning:

• Hunting Technical Services' revised quotation for investigation of the Ras Al Khaimah irrigation project and details of the aerial photography and geological study that it is asked to perform (53, 55, 57, 61, 64)
• Treasury's points for discussion on the Foreign Office's five-year plan for economic and social development of the Trucial States (54, 58)
• Treasury approval for expenditure on falaj improvements in Buraimi and the establishment of an agricultural school at Ras Al Khaimah (56, 59)
• Expenditure on a lorry for the Ras Al Khaimah experimental farm (60)
• Trucial States agricultural project, the issue of marketing arrangements to help local growers boost the sale of produce and the question of how revenue is used (62)
• Expenditure on the water survey project for the 1956-57 development scheme (63)
• Establishment of a municipal administration in Dubai and the possibility of HMG issuing a grant towards the expenses of Iraqi expert Sayyed Abdul Saleem Rauf (65)
• Enquiry for a deep well pump to be used in agricultural development (66)
• Training of eight drug dispensers and the wholesale purchase of drugs for the public health programme (67)
• Spending priorities that the Treasury has agreed to sanction in light of Douglas Dodds-Parker's committee (69)