'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances' [200r] (407/440)
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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From,
The yinanee Minister,
Muscat State.
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Muscat,lated 26th July 1927.
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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.
& H.B.K's Consul,
Muscat.
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Repayment of loan to G-ovemment of India,
I have the honour to drav/ your attention to the following
facts and proposal,
i The present repayment of the de^bt position is shown thus:-
Es.
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0i 4 iginal loan froir? Government of India 650000
Plus charge of 6 % interest
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^58065
888065-15
Repayment already made "by State
Six
14/monthly instalments Q 46740-5
Outstanding 5 six monthly
instalments ^ 46740-5
654364-6
£33701-9
888065-15
ii Six Monthly Financial Beport submitted to you
yesterday shows that the repayment "by the State ol F;,93480-10
per annum,has ; in the light of a falling dollar exchange,
represented a growing "burden. This liability the State has
regularly met,and if necessary can continue to meet until the
loan is liquidated, as on this has is it will he lic^uidated^ in
Decemher 1929. But the strain It imposes is ohTious (a) a
very rigid and parsimonious financial control has to he ,
constantly exercised (h) there is no scope for the most
insistent and elementary reforms such as for instance a
Suh-Assistant Surgeon for the small po.s infested Batinah or
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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)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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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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- 'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances'
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- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:22v, 22ar:22av, 23r:26v, 26ar:26av, 27r:215v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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