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'No 413 Vol 19. Revised Commercial Treaty with Muscat' [24v] (56/360)
The record is made up of 1 volume (180 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1887-26 Jun 1905. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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ed or removed from the custody of the
Customs authorities, the full duty shall
then be payable on the same.
3. Coals, naval provisions, stores and
fittings, the property of Her Majesty's
Government, landed in the dominions
of His Highness for the use of the ships
of Her Majesty's Navy.
4. All goods and merchandize tran
shipped or landed for the repair of
damage caused by stress of weather or
other disasters at sea, provided the cargo
so discharged shall be re-shipped and
taken away onboard of the same vessel,
or if the latter shall have been con
demned, or her departure delayed, in
any other.
Article VIII
It is agreed and understood by the
high contracting parties that, in the
event of an arrangement being entered
into hereafter between His Highness
and the Powers having treaty relations
with Muscat, and to which Great Bri
tain shall be a consenting party, where
by vessels entering the port of Muscat
shall be charged with shipping, tonnage
or harbour dues, such dues to be admin
istered under the control of a special
board for the improvement of the har
bour and construction and maintenance
of lighthouses, &c., nothing in the afore
mentioned provisions shall be construed
so as to exempt British vessels from
payment of such shipping, harbour, or
tonnage dues as may hereafter be agreed
upon.
Article WH: . /j *
It shall be at the option of the Bri
tish subject in each case to pay the per
centage duties stipulated in Article VI
either in cash or, if the nature of the
goods allow of it, in kind, by giving up
an equivalent amount of the goods or
produce.
In the event of payment being made
in cash, the value of the merchandize,
goods or produce on which duty is to
be levied shall be fixed according to the
ready-money market price ruling at the
time when the duty is levied. In the
case of foreign imports the value shall
be fixed according to the market price
at Muscat, and in that of native goods
and produce by the market price at the
place where the merchant shall choose
to pay the duty.
In the event of any dispute arising
between a British subject and the Cus
tom house authorities regarding the
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This file concerns the conclusion of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the Sultan of Muscat, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd on 19 March 1891. The new treaty was modelled on a recently concluded treaty with Zanzibar. It superseded the Treaty of Commerce of May 1839 and its main purpose was to shut out French interests and influence in Muscat.
Correspondence in the volume is between the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire and the 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. at Muscat, as well as British officials in the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Foreign Office and at Zanzibar. There are also copies of correspondence from the Sultan of Muscat.
The file has an index on folio 2A. Subjects within the file include: the exclusion of Cape of Good Hope from the Treaty (folios 88, 94); importation of arms and ammunition (folio 37); the expiration of the Treaty (folios 108, 112-114); British protection for Goanese subjects under the Treaty (folios 144-148, 154-156); modifications to the Treaty (folios 119-120); accession to Natal (folios 88, 94); accession to Newfoundland (folios 95-96); draft of the Treaty (folios 8-17, 22-31); draft protocol (folios 74-77); accession to Queensland (folios 95-96); draft of Revised Treaty (1904-1905) (folios 138-170); Separate Declaration by Sultan as to non-cession of his dominions (folios 54-57, 61-62); treaty executed but not-ratified (folios 49-53); Zanzibar Commercial Treaty (1886) (folios 18-21, 40-48).
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- 1 volume (180 folios)
- Arrangement
This volume is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: Foliation numbers are circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. They begins on the title page, on number 1B, and end on the last folio of writing, on number 170. The file contains the following foliation amendments: folios 1A-B; folios 2A-C; folios 4A-B; folios 78A-B; folios 79A-B.
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- Title
- 'No 413 Vol 19. Revised Commercial Treaty with Muscat'
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- front, front-i, 1r:1v, 2ar:2cv, 3r:3v, 4ar:4bv, 5r:77v, 78ar:78bv, 79ar:79bv, 80r:170v, i-r:iii-v, back-i, back
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