'File 35/86 IV Muscat Treaty' [‎140r] (302/444)

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There ar« vri*! jub points firising out of th:l8 file
of nepers about which X wish to somethingt "but I will
toegin with the ueBtion of ramlelpel trxeo wMch Is th®
point which pctuolly arises sm this pprticulsr pRper. I
(S&ttmvfrom the despatch of July BSnd from tJ>e olitlcol
HoBldont tl»»t there hrvc heen five speeiet of taxes
(lettered (a) to (e)) whleh have be> n loviec! on 'Witloto
mib^ecte etc. in mscot now 'or a long period* att® vfdch
are taxes of a charcetor which. If there ornnnleed
nuniclpelities end their proeeeds were devoted to nunicipal
awposesf would he •'roperly olaBsifisd as raonle&psl toseos#
AS a matter of fact, as 1 underBfemd the papers, there are
no nimlcipalitleB ot present In the State of aseat, though
here is soma prospect now of their helng organlaed. St
10 not inede clear on the papers whether the proceeds of theei
taxes sin ly go into the ordlWRry State Treasury or r -ether
they are apeolally devoted to the ^rovielon of rtiet wald
ordinarily he colled rnmicipel aerviees, senitatic®, water,
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etc#
2, There Is a spoclfie article in the 1891 Treaty with
!!UDCa t with regard to tamieipel aatles, namely /rtlcle 19,
Which reads as followsi
"It is hereby affpsed hetwean the two high
contraoting parties that, in the event of an r^ement j,
helng hereafter arrived at hetween His KlgJwioso the 11
;Mltan of Muscat and tho various Poeers with wuieh His
Highness shell he in treaty ralaUons, inelt .dinc Oraat '
I Britain, which ust he e oneenting P«rty, w-erehy the j
resJidente of a flletrict or town shell, without
distinction of nationality# he made ouhiect to he
!«yment of local taxes, for BWnleipal and unitary j