'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [47r] (108/442)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1938-10 Jun 1938. 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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favour of British subjects* He ?:as anxious to give
equality of treatmentj "but those provisions v .oulcl make
it impossible for him to anticipate that a neu tax v /ould
apply to all alike, and if the procedure contemplated in
the last sentence were carried out years mi^ht elapse
before taxes could be imposed on British subjects. His
experience v /ith regard to the introduction of municipal
taxation did not encourage him to think that the delay
entailed by the procedure would be only negligible. 5
Article 15 . His Highness would prefer the omission of
this Article 9 w r hich he said would put him in an awkward
position notwithstanding that no effect could be given to
it without his consent.
Article 16. His Highness wished to consider this
further,
Article 17. His Highness had no comments.
Article 18 . His Highness could not understand the last
four words. (it will be explained to him that these words
only mean that most-favoured-nation treatment must be
extended to British subjects without waiting for any request
for it on their part and without making it conditional on
some counter-consideration to be given by them.).
Articles 19-21 . His Highness desired to consider
these further. There was not time to explain them in detail,
but he was told that they were common form in treaties now
made by H, M, G,
Article 22 , His Highness appeared disappointed at the
provision that the Treaty would not come into force before
next February, He v/as informed that it arose from the
circumstance/
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Correspondence relating to the negotiations in London with the Sultan of Muscat over articles for inclusion in a new treaty 'to replace the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Muscat on the 19th March, 1891, which terminates on the 11th February, 1939.' The file includes drafts of the articles 1 to 23 with notes in the margin where the Sultan proposed a different wording. Correspondents include 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. ; 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; Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department; and the Colonial Office, London.
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- 'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty'
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- 42r:45r, 46r:48r, 49r:54r, 55r:58r, 59r:63r, 142r:144r, 145r:150r, 151r:152r, 153r:154r
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