'File 35/86 II A 45 Muscat - Commercial Treaty of 1891 and revision of treaty 1922' [‎150v] (306/572)

_ . 'th Rajab 1342. i'
*• Dated---
Dated
13th jrebruar/ 1924.
Prom
The Council of Ministers to nis Highness the sultan of
Maskat and Oman, iiiaskat.
To
Jiajor Hinde, H. a. il»s Consul, Maskat,
After Compliments,
We received your letter dated nth February
1924 in which you invite our attention to your letter ^0.6
dated 3rd December 1923 with regard to the agreement concluded
w i -■ ki Highness the Sultan of ilaskat and Oman on the 11th
day of February 1925 corresponding to 24th Jamadi-al-A3chir
1341, In that letter you mentioned that you received instruc-
-tions from His Britannic Majesty^ Government to inform us
that it is the desire of the Commonwealth Government of
Australia to withdraw from participation in the Maskat
Commercial Treaty of 1891. We considered your said letter and
a
regarded ^t as notice of withdraw! of the Commonwealth Govern*
ment of Australia from participation in the Commercial Treaty
as is understood from the note made on the 11th February 1923,
that it will be open to them to withdraw from participation in
the said Treaty at any time after notice being given to that
effect by his Britannic Majesty^ Representative at Maskat,
Bow we inform Your Honour to report to the Glorious Government
that after receipt of this notice our relations with the
Commonwealth Government of Australia will be like other
Governments with whom we have no commercial treaty relations.
In the end we renew our best salutations
and salaams.
Sd/ Nadir (with his own hand}
Sd/ Muhammad bin Ahmad do
Sd/ Rashid do
Sd/ Zubai r do