"الملف 35/86 II A 45 مسقط - المعاهدة التجارية لسنة ١٨٩١ ومراجعة المعاهدة سنة ١٩٢٢" [و‎‎٢‎١] (٥٧٢/٤٧)

Tho treaty ODncludod b0tw33n th0 British GoveiTiTt^it anl His Hi^hnGss
Sultan ot Alaskat and Onun, on tli^ 19th Af irch. 1891, corresponding to the
Sth Shaban 1308, and ratified on the 20th February 181-2, is hereby cancelled
and declared void from the date when the present treaty comes into operation,
and the present treaty shall, from that date, ba substituted for it.
Article II.
The provisions of this treaty relating to British subjects shall extend also
to subjects of Native States in India under the protection of His Britannic
Majesty. Such subjects shall enjoy, immediately and unconditionally,
throughout the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Maskat and Oman,
with respect to commerce, shipping, and the exercise of trade, as, in every other
respect, all the rights, privileges, immunities, advantages, and protection of
whatsoever nature, which are, or hereafter may be, enjoyed by, or accorded to,
the subjects or citizens of Maskat or Oman, or subjects or citizens of the most
favoured nation.
They shall more especiallv not be liable to other or more onerous duties,
imports, restrictions, or obligations of whatever description, than those to
which subjects or citizens of Alaskat or Oman, or subjects or citizens of the
most favoured nation now are, or hereafter m iy be, subjected.
Article III.
The two High Contracting Parties acknowle lg3 reciprocally to each other
tue right of appointing Consuls to reside in each other's dominions wherever
the interests of commerce may require the presence of such officers; and such
Consuls shall at all times be placed, in the country in which they reside, on the
footing of the Consuls of the most favoured nation. Each of the High Con
tracting Parties further agree to permit his own subjects to be appointed to
Consular offices by the other Contracting Party: provided always that the per
sons so appointed shall not begin to act without the previous ' approbation of
the Sovereign whose subjects they may be. The public functionaries of either
Government residing in the dominions of the other shall enjoy the same privi
leges, immunities, and exemptions which are enjoyed witliin the same domi^
nions by similar public functionaries of other countries.
Article IV.
There shall be perfect freedom of commerce and navigation between the
High Contracting Parties ; each shall allow the subjects of the other to enter all
ports, creeks, and rivers with their vessels and cargoes, also to travel, reside,
and persue commerce and trade, whether wholesale or retail, in each other's
dominions, and therein to hire, purchase, and possess houses, warehouses, shops,
stores, and lands, under the same conditions in all respects as subjects of their
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