'File 35/86 III A. 74. Muscat Treaty' [‎205r] (432/548)

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jycjip 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. , Bushire.
m q Secretary of State for India, London,
neoeated Government of India, External Affairs Depart
ment, New Delhi,
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,
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Dated the 26th October 1937,
Your telegram lo,2590 of the 25th October,
IIUSCAT.
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. anticipates difficulty in
persuading sultan to agree to prolongation of Treaty, and
urges that task will be greatly facilitated if speedy assent
can be given to new municipal taxation proposed by Sultan,
2, Pursuant to powle* s letter to foreign Ho,1412
of 22nd July, sultan has now produced scheme for Municipality,
of which taxation basis is surcharge of one anna per package
liable to customs duty, 10 be imposed by notification on
Muscat and British subjects alike. Tax is not included
in those listed in Fowle*a letter, but Sultan states
HARRASI will be withdrawn simultaneously with imposition of
new tax, and no further municipal taxation imposed at
present. Tax in my opinion is in principle unobjectionable
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and in accord with Gulf practice.
3, I had wished to leave question of municipal
organization and taxation until Powle's return. As however
municipal taxation on British subjects is regularised by
King's Regulation Uo,l of 1935 and in view of Suit an* s
real interest in question and importance of time factor,
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