"مسقط: معاهدة التعرفة المقترحة" [و‎‎٦‎١] (٥٠٩/١٢٨)

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FOREIOT OFFICE, S.'rf, 1.
110.384. 18th. March, 1930.
(E 1338/433/91).
Sir,
The State of Muscat and Oman, in South-Bastern
Arabia, with which His Majesty's Government are in special
relations, has suffered for a period of several years from
a condition or increasing financial stringency, and a
critical situation has now arisen which calls for an
immediate remedy. After much careful consideration of the
problem, the Sultan and his advisers have reached the
conclusion that an improvement in the financial position of
the State can only be effected by an increase in the rate
of the tariff on imported goods, and that it is important,
in the interests of the prosperity and good government of
the State, that this proposed increase should take effect
with the least possible delay,
2. The right of the Sultan of Muscat to raise the
tariff of the state beyond a rate of five per cent is,
however, limited by Article 3 of the Treaty between Muscat
and the United States or America of 1833, and by Article
10 of the Treaty between Muscat and France of 1844. Copies
ox' the texts of these articles are enclosed herein. Unless
therefore the United States and French Governments will
consent to waive their rights to a maximum tariff of
five per cent under these treaties, no general increase in
the tariff will be practicable, and it will be impossible
to adopt the suggested remedy.
3. In these circumstances the Sultan desires tint
the Governments of the United States of America and France
should be approached with a view to securing from them at
R.I . Campbell, Esq.., the/
etc., etc., etc.,
Washington®