"رقم ٤١٣، مجلد ١٩. المعاهدة التجارية المعدلة مع مسقط" [و‎‎٥‎١] (٣٦٠/١٠٩)

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No. 293 E.
H. S. BARNES E SQ.,
Offg. Deputy Secretary to the Government of India,
T he POLITICAL RESIDENT in the PERSIAN GULE.
F oeeiqn D ept.
Sir,
Eort William, the 11th February 1891.
With reference to the correspondence^ ending with this Office letter
No. 1856 E., dated the 4ith September 1890, I am directed to forward confiden-
With copies of t^unratiflrftreato. tially a_ copy of a Secret Despatch from
Her Majesty s Secretary of State for India,
No. 41, dated the 26th December 1890, and enclosures, regarding the proposed
new Commercial Treaty with the Sultan of Maskat.
I am to convey to you the instructions of the Governor-General in
Council to take early steps to conclude with His Highness the Sultan a new
treaty which should include the alterations and amendments indicated in the
second enclosure to the Secretary of State's Despatch, and, when completed, to
submit it for ratification in the usual course.
3. As regards the period of duration of the fresh treaty and the cancel
lation of the Treaty of 1839, I am to request that the following articles may be
embodied in the fresh treaty :—
Article I.
The Treaty concluded between the British Government and Sultan Seyyid
Saeed bin Sultan of Maskat and Oman on the 31st of May 1839, is hereby
cancelled and declared void, and the present Treaty when ratified shall be
substituted for it.
Article XXIII.
After the lapse of twelve years from the date on which this Treaty shall
come into force and on twelve months' notice given by either party, this Treaty
shall be subject to revision by plenipotentiaries appointed on both sides for this
purpose, who shall be empowered to decide on and adopt such amendments as
experience shall prove to be desirable.
4. As regards the declaration to be obtained from the Sultan of Maskat,
a separate communication on the subject has this day been addressed to you.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Offg. Deputy Secy, to the Govt, of India.
Foreiern Office Press—No. 538—11-2-91—1.