File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [‎97v] (205/448)

B0 discharged shall be re-shipped and taken away on hoard of the same vessel,
or if the latter shall have been condemned, or her departure delayed m any
other manner. „
Article 7.
No article whatever shall be prohibited from being imported into or
exported from the territories of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and no
other expert duties are to be levied on goods exported from those territories
except with the consent of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty, such
consent being subject to the conditions that may be laid down in the notifica-
tions intimating the same.
Article 8 .
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 Grea
Britain shall be a consenting party, whereby vessels entering the port of
Muscat shall be charged with shipping, tonnage or harbour dues, such dues
to be administered under the control of a special Board for the improvement of
the harbour and construction and maintenance of light houses, etc.; nothing in
the aforementioned 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 9.
It shall he at the option of the British subject in each case to pay the
percentage duties stipulated in Article 6, either in cash, or, if the nature of the
goods allows 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 merchan
dise o’oods 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
Custom house authorities regarding the value of such goods, this shall be
determined by reference to two experts, each party nominating one, and the
value so ascertained shall he decisive. Should, however, these experts not be
able to agree, they shall choose an umpire, whose decision is to be considered
final.
Article 10.
His Highness the Sultan of Muscat engages by the present Treaty to
provide and give orders to his officials that the movement of goods in transit
shall not be obstructed or delayed in a vexatious manner by unnecessary
Customs formalities and Regulations, and that every facility will be given lor
their transport.
Article 11.
British vessels entering a port in the dominions of His Highness the
Sultan of Muscat, in distress, shall receive from the local authorities all
necessary aid to enable them to re-vietual and refit so as to proceed on their
voyage. * ...
Should a British vessel be wrecked off the coast of His Highness s
dominions, the authorities of His Highness shall render all assistance in their
power to the distressed vessel in order to save the ship, her cargo and those on
board ; they shall also give aid and protection to persons saved, and shall assist
them in reaching the nearest British Consulate; they shall further take every
possible care that the goods so recovered are safely stored, and kept for the