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'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [‎53r] (120/442)

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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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5.
charges. His Highness repeated that weighing ch arges we re
intr odu ced in the reorganisation of the Muscat customs in
1920, and should be retained*
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Article 6 (2). His Highness said again that the t
"wholesale 5 ' is meaningless in Muscat, and argued that the
qualification "less the customs duties payable on importation"
would in effect deprive him of a certain amount of revenue
which he had derived in the past, and would only put some
extra profit into the pockets of the traders who would
continue to sell at the old retail price while paying less
duty. He would not object to "ready money retail market
price" but otherwise preferred no change. His attention
was drawn to the Indian practice as shown by sections 22
and 30 of the Indian Sea Customs Act, 1878, and he ?/as told
thao the draft was an attempt to introduce a more rational
procedure based on the recognised practice elsewhere. His
Highness, however, insisted that what was a suitable system
for highly developed conditions elsewhere was not appropriate
to the conditions in Muscat, and he therefore wished things
to go on as in the past.
Article 6 (3). His Highness said that he now thought it
unreasonable, seeing that Indian traders dealt v/ith only a
third of Muscat trade, that the tariff board should consist
■ e ^ aa l numbers of the Sultan f s subjects and British subjects.
He would prefer to amend his draft so that the numbers of either
nationality were proportionate to their interest in Muscat
trade. It was represented to him that it would be very
difficult to give effect to such a provision and further that,
under the Sultan's own proposal, the tariff board consisted of
five persons so that British subjects were in a permanent
minority. This did not seem to move His Highness who said
he would think the matter over.
Article ?, His Highness has no objection.
Article 8,/
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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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1 volume (214 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: This file has foliation numbers that begin on the front cover and end on the back cover.

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