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Letter no.374 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎295v] (4/4)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 9 Nov 1854. 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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The letter relates to the imposition of a levies, including capitation tax, on British subjects at Muscat. Kemball writes to enclose a translation of an extract from a letter (folio 295) addressed to him from Khojeh Hiskale, the British Agent at Muscat, dated 24 February 1854. In his letter, Hiskale lists the classes of people at Muscat believed to be British subjects, which includes Indians and Banyans, and amounts to around 1,000 people. Hiskale writes that tax is levied in the form of duty on goods landed at the customs house. He also writes that he knows of no capitation tax imposed on Banyans or any other British subjects.

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Letter no.374 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎295v] (4/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 294-295, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023443254.0x000012> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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