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'Muscat Tariff Treaty' [‎20r] (62/472)

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The record is made up of 1 file (234 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1931-8 May 1933. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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of Justice (whioh would pre&a .ubly involve the concoasion to
them of the extraterritorial right■ enjajed by British subjectsj,
and to the proposed provision regarding the exploitation of
natural r©sources*
3. Sine® the madlflcatloa of the prorifsion© in treaties
btotwrnn Muscat and foreign pow«r@ dealing with tlm aBadMW tariff-
rata was firi^t mooted, a further rmrked deterioration hae taken
place in tim fXnanm& of Maacat* Efforts have been made in the
past year to reduce expenditure wherever posaihle. Bone the
less a substantial budget deficit seeme certain. The necessity
of increasing the tariff-rate has thus become one of considerable
urgency.
4. In th®t?e clrcametaneeE it is considered beet to
concentrate, for the time being at an,? r--te t on securing the
simple modification in the existing treaty ^rovisione neceasary
to permit of an increase in the 'maximum rates of the Muecat
tariff. It in therefore proposed that the United States
CsOTernBent should be approached with a viewf to obtain their
consent to such a modification of article ^ of the Onited States
- Muscat fre&ty of IB'M & b will permit of the iery by the Muscat
St&te of a duty of ten i>er cent on all good® Bate alcoholle
liquors and tobacco, for which a maximum rate of twenty fi^e
per cent le now proposed.
0. In view however of the fact that the United states
aov^rnment'e proposal for the grant of tariff autonomy to uscat
in return for general moet-firrotired-nation treatment for United
State© citizens etc. wae put forward only after consultation with
lie Majeety's Government and with the Muscat State, and in view
moreover, of the fact that the objections taken by the Muscat
State

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Correspondence relating to negotiations over revisions in the tariff questions relating to the proposed tariff treaty with Muscat. Includes correspondence relating to negotiations with France, United States, Irish Free State and Canada, as well as, letters in Arabic with translations in English from Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal], Sultan of Muscat, giving full powers in representing him in the negotiations.

Correspondents include Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat; Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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. ; Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts, 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; Major Claude Edward U Bremner, 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; John Charles Walton, 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. , Whitehall. A. Wiseman, Dominions Office, London; Maurice J Clauson, 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. , London; Henry Lewis Stimson, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington.

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1 file (234 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation/pagination sequence briefly runs between ff 207-211A; these numbers are written in blue crayon, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Circled index numbers written in red crayon can also be found throughout the volume. Foliation errors: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E; 9 and 9A; 10 and 10A; 15 and 15A; 23 and 23A; 41 and 41A; 68 and 68A; 177 and 177A, 211 and 211A Foliation omissions: 25

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