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'File 35/86 II A 45 Muscat - Commercial Treaty of 1891 and revision of treaty 1922' [20v] (46/572)
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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Article VI.
His Highness the Sultan shall be permitted to levy a duty of entry, not
exceeding 5 per cent^on the value of all goods and merchandise of whatever
description, importea by sea from foreign countries into His Highness's domi
nions. This duty shall be paid at that port in His Highness's dominions where
the goods are first landed ; and, on payment thereof, such goods shall thereafter / 1 ^
be exempt, within the Sultan's dominions, from all other* duties or taxes,
levied by, or on behalf of, the Government of His Highne ^sShe Sultan, by
whatever names these may be designated? and no higher import duties shall be
leviecl on goods of British or igin or claimed from British subjects than those
which are levie d on go ods of other origin or paid by subjects or citizens of^thiT
mosTfavoured nation/ ^ A
The cjistoms duty, once paid, shall com^from all other charges on the
part of His Highness the Sultan, goods of whatever description coming from
any pa rt of His Majes ty's dominions or the property of British subjects, whether
th^se are intended for local consumptfon or for transmissioiret^wterS in bulk
or otherwise, and whether they remain in thejstate in which they are imported
or have been manufactured. , / - J
There shall, however, be exempted from payment of all duty the following
namely:— , /
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(1) All goods and merchandise which*are transhipped from one vessel to
another.in any ol the ports of His Highness the Sultan, or which have been for
tbis purpose provisionally landed and deposited in any of the Sultan's Custom-
bouses to await the arrival of a vessel for re-shipment to a foreign port. But
goods and merchandise so landed shall be exempted only, if the consignee or his
agent shall have, on the arrival of the vessel, handed over the said goods to be
kept under Custonr/sea', and declared them as landed for transhipment, or
r ^|i£P I f tll MS ;i ^ (lesi S natill o at the same time the foreign port of destination
ana u Ine ^aid goods arc actually shipped for the said foreign port, as originallv
declared, within a period not exceeding six months after their first landim-, and
without having, in the interval, changed owners.
(2) All goods and merchandise which, not being consigned to a port
within the dominions of the Sultan, have been inadvertently landed, provided
that such goods are wilhin a month pf being^so landed, re-shipped and trans-
P () ZL e( ^ abroad. Should, however, any such goods or merchandise, A be opened
or removed from the custody of the Customs authorities, the fulrduty shall
then be payable on the same.
^(3) Coals, naval provisions, stores, and fittings, the property of, or coasigned
^His Majesty's Government, landed in the dominions of His Highn^TorThe
use of ships of His Majesty's navy.
(4) All goo Is and merchandise transhipped or landed for the repair of
damage caused by stress of weather or other disaster at sea, provided that cargo
so landed be re-shipped and exported to a foreign port and taken away oa board
of the same vessel.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/409
- 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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