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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [262] (304/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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262
MUSK AT.
TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States of Ame
rica and His Majesty Syud Sueed bin Sultan, of Muskat,
and his Depeiidencies.
A rticle I.
There shall be a perpetual peace between the United States of
America and His Majesty Syud Sueed bin Sultanj of Muskat, and his
dependencies.
Article It.
The citizens of the United States shall hate free liberty to enter all
the ports of His Majesty Syud Sueed bin Sultan^ with their cargoes, of
whatever kind the said cargoes may consist, and they shall have liberty
to sell the same to any of the subjects of the Sultanj or others who may
wish to purchase the same, or to barter the same for any produce or
manufactures of the kingdom^ or other articles that may be found there.
No price shall be fixed by the Sultan or his officers on the articles to be
sold by the merchants of the United Statesj or the merchandize they
may wish to buy^ but the trade shall be free on both sides, to sell, of
buy, or exchange, on the terms and for the prices the owners may think
fit; and whenever the said citizens of the United States may think fit
to depart, they shall be at liberty to do so ; and if any officer of the
Sultan shall Contravene this Article, he shall be severely punished. It
is understood and agreed, however^ that the articles of muskets, powder,
and ball, can only be sold to the Government in the island of Zanzibar,
but in all other ports of the Sultan the said munitions of war may be
freely sold, without any restriction whatever) to the highest bidder.
A rticle III.
Vessels of the United States, entering any port within the Sultan's
dominions, shall pay no more than five per cent, duties on the cargo
landed, and this shall be in full consideration of all import and export
duties, tonnage, license to trade, pilotage, anchorage, or any other charge
whatever. Nor shall any charge be paid on that part of the cargo
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
- Physical characteristics
Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/732
- Title
- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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