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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎263] (305/733)

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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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TREATY BETWEEN MUSKAT AND AMERICA.
263
which shall remain on board unsold, and re-exported. Nor shall any
charge whatever be paid on any vessel of the United States which may
enter any of the ports of His Majesty, for the purpose of refitting or for
refreshments, or to inquire the state of the market.
Article IV.
That American citizens shall pay no other duties on export or import,
tonnage, license to trade, or other charge whatsoever, than the nation
the most favoured shall pay,.
Article V.
If any vessel of the United States shall suffer shipwreck on any pan
of the Sultan's dominions, the persons escaping from the wreck shall
be taken care of, and hospitably entertained, at the expense of the
Sultan, until they shall find an opportunity to be returned to their
country,—for the Sultan can never receive any remuneration whatever
for lendeiing succour to the distressed,—and the property saved from
such wreck shall be carefully preserved, and delivered to the owner, or
the Consul of the United States, oj' to any authorised Agent.
Article VI.
The citizens of the United States resorting to the ports of the Sultan,
for the purpose of trade, shall have leave to land and reside in the said
ports, without paying any tax on importation whatever, for such liberty,
other than the general duties on imports which the most favoured natioij
shall pay.
Article VII.
If any citizens of the United States, or their vessels, or other property,
.shall be taken by pirates., and brought within the dominions of the
.Sultan, the persons shall be set at liberty, and the property restored to
the owner, if he be present, or to the American Consul, or to any
authorised Agent.
Article VIII.
Vessels belonging to the subjects of the Sultan, which may resort to
any port in the United States, shall pay no other or higher rate of duties
or other charges than the nation the most favoured shall pay.
Article IX-
The President of the United States may appoint Consuls to reside in
the ports of the Sultan where the principal commerce shall be carried
on, which Consuls shall be the exclusive judges of all disputes or suits
wherein American citizens shall be engaged with each other. They
shall have power to receive the property of any American citizen dying
within the kingdom, and to send the same to his heirs, first paying all
his debts due to the subjects of the Sultan. The said Consuls shall not

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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).

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1 volume (364 folios)
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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.

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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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