'File 35/86 I A 32 Muscat Commercial Treaty, 1891: revision of 1905' [‎127r] (257/480)

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(2) This would V>e reasonable enongb, if one
<30uld be sure of being guarded affainst fiivolous
objections and delays The danger presumably is
British subjects encroaching on public lands and
it is likely enough that they do. The concession
might be made p rovided that a time-limit^
21 da ys, were fixed after notice given for the
settlement of the case by His Highnesses court,
at hea ring and decision of which Consul or his
representative should attend .
Article VI.
His Hignness the Sultan shall be permitted to
levy a duty of entry, not exceeding 5 per cent on
the value of all goods and merchandise (1),
imported by sea from foreign countries into
His Highness's dominion s, except intoxicants in
which he shall have liberty to take more than th e
tax afores aid and to prohibit the sale thereof and
to grant licenses. (2) This duty shall be paid at
that port in His Highnesses dominions where the
goods are first landed ; and, on payment thereof,
euch goods shall be exempt in the matter of thi s
tax, but should such goods be transferred through*
out all the markets and towns, then they shall not
be exempt from the warehouse taxes of those
markets and towns, (3) And there shall not be
demanded from British subjects any import tax
exceeding the tax that is levied on the subjects
and citizens of the greatest nations' countries (4).
(5) and (6). As for the merchandise and goods,
of which the destination is a foreign port, (7)
and which are transhipped from one vesssl to
another in any of the ports of His Highness the
Sultan, or which have been for this purpose
provisionally landed and deposited temporarily (7)
in one of the Sultan's custom houses to await the
arrival of a vessel for reshipment to a foreign port;
then, when the merchandise had been so landed ,
they shall not be exempt from duty, except when
the consignee or bis agent; shall have, on the arrival,
of the vessel so stated and deposited those goods
aforesaid for safe enstody in the custom house and
has given intimation that they are landed for
transhipment to another ship, and of the name of
the port to which th e merchandise is to be exported
then they shall be exempt from the special tax,
but not from the warehouse dues (9). And. like-
wise, those goods shall not be exempt, except when
they are really removed for despatch to the aforesaid
port, according to the original declaration, within
a period which shall not exceed three (10) months
from the time of their being landed, and on
condition that there shall have been no change of
property therein. Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) as
per draft treaty. (4) All goods 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 he reshipped
and exported to a foreign port and taken away on
board of the same vessel or op another vessel (11).
If it is decided that their efforts are in vain, or
the loading of the merchan dise is delayed from
its vo ya g e in any way whatever , then, if th e
goods remain in the custom house by way of
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