"ملف رقم II/٩ مذكرات معلومات من إدارة الخارجية بخصوص شؤون الخليج الفارسي ومسقط والساحل العربي من الخليج الفارسي. نوفمبر "٠٧ - ديسمبر "٠٨" [و‎‎٤‎٧] (١٣٢/٩٥)

PERSIAN GULF.
173. With a view to prevent the export
, trade of arms to Somali-
Arms trafflo at Maskat. i i i i ,
land, steps have been
taken to station a gun-boat at Maskat during
October.
174. {Vide para. 89, May 1908.) On
“The Abu Musa Red. the 2nd June 1908,
Oxide concession. the Secretary of State
for India telegraphed that Major Cox should
be instructed to request the local representative
of Messrs. Wonckhaus to give due notice when
the firm intended to resame operations with a
view to the necessary arrangements being made
for the temporary supply to them of oxide
to enable them to fulfil contracts pending the
final decision of the case. A statement of the
instructions issued to Major Cox on the point
would be added to the reply of His Majesty’s
Government to the German case. These
orders were communicated to Major Cox on
the 4th June.
On the 8th June, Major Cox reported
that be had informed Hr. Listemann, the
German Consul-General at Bushire, that the
Sheikh of Shargah had been advised to
allow any oxide already mined and accumu
lated on the island to be removed by Messrs.
Wonckhaus & Co. He had also requested the
German Consul to ask Messrs. Wonckhaus &
Co. to give due notice when the firm wished
to ship again, so that the necessary arrange
ments could be made. As regards the recom
mencement of mining operations, Major Cox
was of opinion that the existing heaps of red
oxide could be marked wdth whitewash and
photographed, if necessary, and that this having
been done mining might be renewed as soon
as the hot weather was over. The newly
mined mineral could be heaped on another
side of the mine and kept quite separate from
the present heaps. The Sheikh of Shargah
had already been approached by two or three
native applicants for a contract, hut, without
committing himself to anything specific,
had authorised Major Cox to ascertain from
Messrs. Strick, or other British firm, the
terms on which the^r would he prepared to
take charge of the mining and selling opera
tions on his behalf. These terms should, Major