مجموعة ٦/٨٣ "السعودية: إعفاء المواطنين السعوديين من ضريبة الكوشان." [و‎‎٦] (٣٤/١١)

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^popy of iiir R. Bullard’s personal letter No. 979/265/1 of &ay 6th.#
^^36» addressed to Hie Royal Highness the Amir Faisal.
Your Royal Highness*
^fter Cornpliraents*
I have the honour to draw your attention to the twelfth
paragraph of the report on the Arab Gar Company which appeared
in ho. 305 of the ’’Saut al KijaE" * doted May 4th.* which
contains the following passage:
’The Government’s decision to exempt citizens of the
country from payment of koshan was a great kindness* The
number of passengers and visitors increased* and not only
did the Company profit thereby* but the country in general
benefited* and the economic condition of Medina revived.”
The decision of the Saudi Arabian Government which
appeared in the "Saut al Hijaz” Ho. 266 of May 11th. 1937
exempts local citizens from payment of koshan during the off
season* but withholds this privilege from foreign residents*
Now it is reasonable that foreign pilgrims should pay the
koshan* at any time of the year* but I suggest to Your Royal
Highness that it would be more just* as well as in the economic
interests of Saudi Arabia* if foreign residents were treated
in the same mauner as local citizens in this respect and were
exempted from payment of koshan during the off-season* I know
that my Government hold the same views and I timet that Your
Royal Highness will sdait that they are just and reasonable
and will endeavour to have this example of discrimination
against foreign residents re/fioved*
With highest respects*
R. W. BULLARD*