181 new accommodation for them. 2. No provision has been made in the budget for drugs, instruments, or transport specifically for the medical staff. (The four landrovers specified are apparantly intended for all the projects and so would not be sufficient for the needs of the medical staff. 13. The cost of a metalled road connecting coastal towns would be extremely expensive, and the cost of building has been estimated at about £10,000 (Kuwaiti Dinars 10,000) a mile. As so few vehicles would use it, this road would be quite uneconomic. In addition, the costs of ralad maintenance would be exceedingly expensive. Some of this money might be spent on other schemes to the greater benefit of the people. 14. It would be helpful to know the intentions of the Government of Kuwait about the other bigger schemes which have been discussed, such as the rehabilitation of Ras al Khaimah town, the water survey at Dhayd in Sharjah and the mineral survey at Ras al Khaimah, and whether the services of the Department of Technical Aid and the Overseas Geological Survey would be required for the mineral survey and for other technical assistance. 15. In the paper presented to His Excellency, the Minister of Finance and Economy, on the 21st May, 1962, by Mr. Cranston and Mr. Tripp, suggestions were made of other schemes which would be very beneficial to the populations of the Trucial States, for example, teacher training and commercial training centres, or the provision of such facilities in Kuwait, anti-trachoma campaign, and the expansion of the Al Maktum Hospital in Dubai. Ko doubt these suggestions will also be given consideration in due course. 16. Before the exact sites of senools, clinics and hospitals are finally decided, it would be very useful if a representative of the Kuwait Committee could visit Dubai, and discuss the proposed sites with the Political Agent, Mr. Craig, who has detailed information and plans covering the whole area. It would then be possible to ensure that the buildings and centres were built in the most suitable places and did not duplicate or overlap with other similar institutions already in the area, or planned, and also were placed in areas where none now exist. This would help to ensure that the assistance which the Government of Kuwait is so generously providing is used to the best advantage of the peoples of those areas.
