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'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances' [38r] (83/440)
The record is made up of 1 volume (217 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1924-31 Dec 1927. It was written in English and Arabic. 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 Register clerk to note the receipt No. against the
relative declaration No• in the declaration register#
He then makes ont a Ga + e pass which n;oes to the Local
Director who, after sat^f^'ing himself that duty has been
correctly paid signs the gate pass in token that the goods ma^
be passed out of the Customs.
The Declaration is then sent to the Accountant who enters
the amounts of dutv etc under their respective heads in his
Account book. At the close of the day this account book is
totalled and compared with the total collections entered in the
cashier's cash register and with the actual cash*
On the following morning the cashier takes his receipt
book and cash register to the l/D for checking each iteiru
In like manner the Accountant's book is compared with the
declaration and the Cash Register and the l/D signs the
Remittance sheet and sends the collections to the Government
(Muscat,) Treasurj•
The gate pass is taken by the importer to the storekeeper
who endorses it and instructs the delivery clerk to tally or
c^ount the goods to be delivered and allow them to be taken away
The importer endorses the Agent's Delivery Order in token
of agreement that the packages have been correctly landed but
at the time of delivery he should in ever- r CD.se ( or his
representative should) sign on the b&ck of the gate pass in
token of having received the packages covered by the gate pass*
The gate passes are subsequently pasted on the back of the
declarations and the quantities rj-ven on each should be
compared from time to time by the L/D.
Statistics . After a manifest has been closed the clerk in
charge of compiling trade statistics should compile his state
ments from the steamers' manifests and for this Tt/^pose it
will be sufficent for him to keep a rough register with the
various heads under vrhlch trade is recorded noted therein
and count up all the bags, or packages etc of a -particular
commodity entered in the manifest (taking the figure noted
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Correspondence relating to the reform of customs and finance at Muscat. Includes the contract of the Financial Adviser, Bertram Thomas and the financial statements he prepared for the state of Muscat.
Correspondents include Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Bertram Thomas, Finance Minister, State of Muscat; Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal], Sultan of Muscat; Major Gerald Patrick Murphy, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (217 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
There is one incomplete foliation sequence and one complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 217, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Anomalies: f 22A; f 26A.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/419
- Title
- 'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:22v, 22ar:22av, 23r:26v, 26ar:26av, 27r:215v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence