'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [‎181r] (376/442)

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4, So far as the Arab Sheikhdoms ara concerned,
the iolitioal Resident in the i-ereian Gulf sees no
otijeotion to the atnendnents desired by the Sultan and
the 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. would prefer that hio wishes in regard
to Aden and Zanzibar should be met if this is at all
, cosible. The 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. have requested that the oatter
my be regarded as urgent and I should th erefore bo
obliged if you will inf orm tac b tele graph as soon as
possible"whether you see any objection to the exclusion of
tien from the scope of the Treaty.
Zanzibar
5, SO far as the question of extrc-terr iter ial
jurisdiction is concerned, there is no
legal objection in principle to differentiation between
British subjects and British protected persons for this
purpose. In the event, therefore, of yowr desiring that
A ^ eR should be permitted to accede to the Treaty you may
be"willing to agree that persons under Ilia lisjesty's
protection in the V^Tl ■„ rotecLorate should be excluded from
Zanzibar
the privilege of trial by the Consular authorities uaaer
p.l^k
Article 13 of the draft Treaty.
6. The Sultan made it clear, however, in the course
of the discussions, that he wished also to exclude such
persons from the trading benefits accorded in the draft
Treaty. I am not isiosed to meet the desire the
Sultan on this point sinee acquiescence tnerein would
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api^F~to "create an ut.xciru: ie precedent. It would also
mean that, for all practical .urposeu, ac^assion to the
Treaty would be of no advantage to Adey
Zanzibar0