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'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances' [148r] (303/440)
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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State is detGi*in.iLn6(i by tlie msiPlcBt valu© of its dat© iiapvest
tiie Treasury losses sustained not only in date revenue at the
time "but Oust>oms Import Hevenue thereafter, require no
elaborate explanation» Money has "been very scarce, cultivators
have in cases mort^gaged this year^ crop and Zakat fanners
have inevitably fallen into arrear with payments due to
Government under contracts made in the prosperous times of a
year ago» Addded to this the Mekran Z% fiscal measure directed
against the port of Gwadur and operating since Fehruary
threatens our revenues there with a loss of 30000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
over
i
the whole year* In order to meet these combined denudateous
I have "been obliged to exercise a close financial control,
resist all proposals involving new expenditure, and make
drastic economics from time to time e^s» Public ¥orks. State
pensions and contingencies»
3 Revenues. See Statistical Statement.
Chap.1 No comment„
Chap.11 The Actuals for the first six months of this year are
Es .28^332 as against Es.367892 for the corresponding
half year 1925 i.e. a decrease of Ks.85560. This
serious falling off already referred to is
illuminated by a comparison of average local
market prices of dates prevailing in the
T£-
a^soective years, thus
1925 1926
Batinah dry dates per bahar per bahar
Hps.290 Eps.250
Batinah wet dates " 85 " 60
/
Shumailiyah wet dates " 110 " 70
It will lie noticed that I estimate this head
to yield Es.390000 in the ensuing year: this as
against te.410508 Actuals for the second half of
1925. If this estimate is suspected of an
optimism not warranted hy the first six months
receipts it may he observed that cognisance has
"been talcen of the following new xactoi^.
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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. .
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- 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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- 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
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