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'File 35/86 II A 45 Muscat - Commercial Treaty of 1891 and revision of treaty 1922' [8r] (21/572)
The record is made up of 1 volume (281 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1922-11 Mar 1931. 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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Appendix No. 6.—Maskat and Zanzibar. cliii
Article 12.
If any disputes should arise in the dominions of the Sultan of Maskat
as to the value of goods which shall be imported by French merchants, end
on which the duty of five per cent, is to be levied, the Custom Master, or
other person acting on the part of the Sultan of Maskat, shall, when practi
cable, receive one-twentieth part of the goods, and the merchant shall then
be subject to no further demand on account of customs on the remaining
eoods in any part of the dominions of the Sultan of Maskat to which he
may transport them. But if the Custom Master should object to levy the
duty in the manner aforesaid, by taking one-twentieth part of the goods,
or if the goods should not admit of being so divided, then the point in dispute
shall be referred to two competent persons, one chosen by the Custom Master,
ami the other by the merchant, who shall make a valuation of the gomis;
and if they shall differ in opinion, they shall appoint an arbitrator, whose
decision shall be final, and the duty shall be levied according to the value
thus established.
Article 13.
It shall not be lawful for any French merchant to expose his goods for
sale for the space of three days after the arrival of such goods, unless the
Custom Master and the merchant shall have agreed as to the value of such
o-oods. If the Custom Master shall not within three days have accepted one
of the two modes proposed for ascertaining the value of the goods, the
authorities on the part of the Sultan of Maskat, on an intimation being made
to them on the subject, shall compel the Custom Master to choose one ot the
two modes for the levy of the duty.
Article 14.
If it shall happen that either the King of the French or the Sultan of
Maskat should be at war with another country, the subjects of the King
of the French and the subjects of the Sultan of Maskat shall nevertheless
be allowed to trade with, and to take to, such country merchandize of every
description, except warlike stores, but they shall not be allowed to enter any
port or place actually blockaded or besieged.
Article 15.
Should a vessel under the French flag enter a port in the dominions
of the Sultan of Maskat in distress, the local authorities at such port shall
afford all necessary aid to enable the vessel to refit and to prosecute her
voyage: and if any such vessel should be wrecked on the coasts ot the
dominions of the Sultan of Maskat, the authorities on the part of the
Sultan of Maskat shall render all the assistance in their power to recover
and deliver over to the owner, or the Consul, the property that may be
saved from such wreck. The same assistance and protection shall be afforded
to vessels of the dominions of the Sultan of Maskat, and property saved
therefrom under similar circumstances, in the ports and on the coasts oi the
French dominions.
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Correspondence concerning the Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891 and a revision of the treaty in 1922. Includes the text of the 1833 Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the USA and Sayyid Sa'id bin Sultan [Saʻīd bin Sulṭān] of Muscat and correspondence with the United States of America over the revisions. Letters discuss the raising of the rate of customs from 5% to 10%. The file includes the text of the 1922 agreement in Arabic and English.
Correspondents include 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. , Muscat; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India; Commonwealth of Australia, Governor General's Office; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; Secretary of State, United States.
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- 1 volume (281 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: this file has circled foliation numbers that begin on front cover and end on back cover.
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- Title
- 'File 35/86 II A 45 Muscat - Commercial Treaty of 1891 and revision of treaty 1922'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:199v, 199ar:199av, 200r:281v, 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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