"معاهدة مسقط" [و‎‎١‎٢] (٥٣٧/٣٨)

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Demi-01 licial letter to I .D. 7akely, Esquire, Secretary,
Political Department, India Office, London, 3.17.1, No.l349-a.,
dated the 16th April 1924.
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Flease refer to the correspondence ending with the
telegram from r is Excellency the Viceroy in the Foreign and
Political Department, dated the 13th September 1923, No.1128-3.,
regarding the application made by the Italian G-overnment for
the issue of an exequatur to an Italian Consul at Delhi. This
application His Kajesty's Government were able to refuse,
because the provisions of the Anglo-Italian Treaty of Commerce
of 1883 were made applicable to India under a Convention
(dated 15th June 1914) which itself restricts the appointment
of Consular officers to seaport towns.
2, The examination of the Italian application has led the
G-overnment of India to consider the position which would have
to be taken up in the event of similar applications from other
Powers, and to take note how far it is possible at the present
day to adhere to the rule, referred to in the beginning of
the telegram cited in the previous paragraph, under which
Consuls in India (other than the Consul-General for Afghanistan)
are confined to the seaports. The Commercial Treaties affecting
India have now been scrutinised and it is thought that the
conclusions arrived at may be of interest to the Secretary of
State.
3. Under the Treaties concluded on the 16th February 1866,
21st November 1848 and 9th December 1856, respectively,
Columbia, Liberia and Morocco possess unrestricted freedom
to appoint Consular officers in any of the territories.
Dominions and settlements of Great Britain. The Government
of India would consequently be unable to resist a claim put
forward by any of these countries lor the locaijion of Consular
officers ...