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'File 18/66 (B Series 18/10) Annual Reports on the Working of the Mascat Order in Council 1915' [10r] (19/188)
The record is made up of 1 file (93 folios). It was created in 29 Jan 1917-11 Jan 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Page -;2:- , ..j
Settled by Court ..11
Psnding os .. ... •• •• .. «« 19
Out of these 19 perxUng ca^es 7 remain unsettled from 1918.
In 2 of these cases the deceased owned property in India and
the heirs concerned have filed suits in Indian Courts whose
decisions are awaited.
In the remaining 5 cases the letters of administration have
"been granted and on receipt of the final reportp from the admin
istrators thepe will be settled, 0
The Sur case referred to in the last ?r«xz3c year^ report
has been settled.
6. Claims &• Complaints of British subjects against -Arab
subjects.
Pending from last year 27
Total claims 170
Settled by Local Government . .. 136
P e nd i n^f .. ... *. .. ... .. .. •« 61
7. Arab Suits against British subject s.
Pending from last year 17
Total claims .. 43
Settled by Court in favour of Plaintiff . 47
Settled by Court in favour of Defendant . 7
Pendi.. .. .. . .. .. .. . • 6
The working of the ^ahkumah *yhich has been recently estab
lished has not been particularly satisfactory as is shown by
the large number of pending cases, 61. There are continual com
plaints of delays and many suits are dropped out of sheer despair
of any result. His Highness the Sultan has been repeatedly
urged to expedite Justice. A considerable improvement is ex
pected when the English adviser arrives. If it was not for the
unremitting efforts of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Dragoman it is doubtful if
any cases would ever be finished.
I^future it will be advisable to hear certain special
cases in iiuttrah to avoid the delay and expence caused by
bringing over lar^e numbers of witnesses to Muscat.
The services of an Arabic clerk, as has been urged in my
2082 of let November 1919 are absolutely necessary to enable
the Dragoman not only to cope with the Judicial work but to
attend to his Political work which is infinitely more important.
At present he is immobilised by a mass of petitions, registering
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Annual Reports of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate, Muscat (later Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat), on the working of the Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1915 , for the years 1916-1947 inclusive. The reports provide lists of officers appointed as 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. for the period in question, statistical information on numbers of civil suits, criminal cases, estate proceedings, insolvency proceedings, court fees, and registration of British subjects and British protected persons, and related information.
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- 1 file (93 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use starts at the front cover and continues to the back cover. The foliation sequence appears in pencil, enclosed in a circle in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Folios 45-48 need to be folded out to be read. A second, incomplete foliation system also appears, written in pencil and not circled, starting at 4 on folio 3 and continuing to 178 on folio 88.
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- Title
- 'File 18/66 (B Series 18/10) Annual Reports on the Working of the Mascat Order in Council 1915'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:82v, 82ar:82av, 83r:92v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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