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'Matrah - Proposal to make it Port of Call for B.I. steamers instead of Muscat' [8r] (28/56)
The record is made up of 1 volume (21 folios). It was created in 22 Feb 1926-8 Jun 1926. It was written in English. 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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V
Ministry of Finance
I'u 3 cat
22nd Larch 1926.
Cct-A
In the remarks "below I have criticised the trade and financial
imp] icatioiG of the views contained in 1'r. bill's r iemorandum
rather than state a case for IJuscat as a port ac against
Hat rah or vice versa. In my opinion the case chan. e is
untenable hut first to leal with the fiucstion^ raised,
1 ]!u.scat (gc Duhai ,
It is true that Muscat as a port ha^ declined
hut not for the self-straa"ulatory reasons ref^ered to "by
I jr. T . ills.
I was already fully aware,and I should have
thought Colonel Grosthwaite had heeii too, that Duhai has a
considerable share of our northern Batinah trade. Nothing is
more natural or more inevitable. Dubai's pearl wealth has
given it a wreat and rrowin- purchasing power. Thus it habit
ually buys nearly the whole of our Shumailiyah date crop and
most of the buildinc timber cut in the Sill behind the Batinah
ports as far south as Buwaic. This is sea borne. 1 myself
when on tour have also seen big butter caravans leaving the
Batinah towns for Dulai by the land route. Camels and ships
having disposed of t 1 eir valuable freights at Dubai do not
return empty-handed. It would be ludicrous to imagine them
coming empty away, bach to the Batinah where they belong and
thence setting off in the opposite direction to Muscat and
¥atrah to buy rice and cloth which are available in Dubai.
The reason that the -^atinah buys from Dubai is that Dubai buys
the Batinah dates and timber and butter, thus providing cheap
and ready-made transport for the return journey.
have
That Dubai happens tQ A no customs duties and is a cheap port is
a mere accident^al featvre of the situation.
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Correspondence discusses the merits of developing the port at Matrah [Muţraḩ] as a port of call for British India steamers as opposed to Muscat. Correspondence notes that the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. wished to move trade away from Dubai; the development of Khasab was considered and the lowering of re-export duty in Muscat is also discussed.
A memorandum from Charles Wills of the Mesopotamia-Persia Corporation to Captain Stuart Horner, Secretary to the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , sets out the case for the development of Matrah. A letter from Cyril Johnson Barrett, 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 to Bernard Stuart Horner, Secretary to the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , explains the winds and other advantages of Matrah to Muscat. A letter from Bertram Thomas, Financial Adviser to Major Cyril Johnson Barrett, 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, argues against the move. The correspondence notes that the proposal was dropped for the time being.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B.
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