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'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.' [248r] (81/286)
The record is made up of 1 item (141 folios). It was created in 8 Feb 1903-23 Mar 1914. It was written in English and French. 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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In that case, before laying out a foundation , it is
necessary for them to give news to the Govern-
^ ment of the 6ultan for the sake of looking 1
in to the matter and fixing the limits (2).
(1) As worded seems impossible. Information
would be the limit. At present, British subiects
are required to register all new acquisitions ana
transfers of landed property ot which the mtorm~-
ation is probably what is required by the Sultan’s
officials The utmost that would be expected
would be that British subjects should pay the
copying fees for a copy of each such registration,
which His Britannic Majesty's Consul would then
furnish to His Highness.
(2) This would be reasonable enough, if one
could be sure of being guarded against frivolous
ob jections and delays. The danger presumably is
British subjects encroaching on public lands and
it is likely enough that they dp. The concession
might be made provided that a time limit, say
21 days, were fixed after notice given for the
s ettlement of the case by His Highness's court,
at hearing and decision of which Consul or his
representative should attend.
Article VI.
His Hignness the Sultan shall be permitted to
levy a duty of entry, not exceeding 5 per cent on
the value of all goods and merchandise (1),
imported by sea from foreign countries into
His Highness's dominions, except intoxicants in
which he shall have liberty to take more than the
tax aforesaid and to prohibit the sale thereof and
to grant licenses. (2) This duty shall be paid at
that port in His Highness's dominions where the
goods are first landed ; and, on payment thereof,
such goods shall be exempt in the matter of this
tax, but should such goods be transferred throug h
out all t he markets and towns, then they shall not
he exempt from the warehouse taxes of those
markets and towns. (3) And there shall not be
demanded from British subjects any import tax
exceeding the tax that is levied on the subjects
and citizens of the greatest nations' countries (4).
(5) and (6). As for the merchandise and goods,
of whic h the destination is a foreign port, (7)
and which are transhipped from one vesssl to
another in any of the ports of His Highness the
Sultan, or which have been for this purpose
provisionally landed and deposited temporarily (7)
in one of the Sultan's custom houses to await the
arrival of a vessel for reshipment to a foreign port ;
then, when the merchandise h ad been so land ed
they shall not be exempt from duty, except when
the consignee or his agent shall nave, on the arrival,
of tbe vessel so stated and deposited those goods
aforesaid for safe enstody m the custom house and
has given intimation that they are landed for
transhipment to another ship, and of the name of
the port to which th e merchandise is to be exporte d
then they shall be exempt from the special tax,
but not from the warehouse du es (9)* And like
wise, those goods shall not be exempt, except when
Article 6
His Highness the Sultan shall be permitted to
levy a duty of entry not exceeding 5 per cent on
the value of all goods and merchandise, of what
ever description, imported by sea from foreign
countries into His Highness's dominions. This
duty shall be paid at that port in His Highness’s
dominions where the goods are first landed, and,
on payment thereof, such goods shall thereafter
be exempt, within the Sultan's dominions, from
all other custom duties or taxes, levied by, or on
behalf of, the Government of His Highness the
Sultan, by whatever names these may be desig
nated, and no higher import duty shall be claimed
from British subjects than that which is paid
subjects or citizens of the most favoured
nation.
This duty, once paid, shall cover, from all other
charges on the part of His Highness the Sultan,
goods of whatever description coming from
Foreign countries by sea, whether these are intend
ed for local consumption or for transmission else
where in bulk or otherwise, and whether they
remain in the state in which they are imported or
have been manufactured.
There shall, however, be exempted from pay
ment of all duty the following, namely
(1) All goods and merchandise which, being
destined for a foreign port, are tran
shipped from one vessel to another in
any of the ports of His Highness the
Sultan of Muskat, or which have been
for this purpose provisionally landed
and deposited in any of the Sultan's
Custom houses to await the arrival of a
vessel in which to be re-shipped abroad.
But goods and merchandise so landed
shall be exempted only, provided that
the consignee or his Agent shall have,
on the arrival of the ship, handed over
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The item discusses a proposal to revise the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed between Great Britain and Muscat in 1892.
The correspondence includes the opinions of the 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. , the Government of India, the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Board of Trade, 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. , the 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. and Consul at Muscat, and the Sultan of Muscat on the revisions required for the treaty.
The item concludes with the decision not to revise the 1891 Treaty, instead agreeing to an extension of the existing treaty for a further five years from February 1914.
Also discussed are questions arising from the proposed revision:
- the protection of Goanese subjects of Portugal in Muscat;
- the protection extended by the French Government to subjects of Christian powers residing at Muscat who did not have their own consul.
This is part 3 of 6. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 208, and terminates at f 349, as part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/27
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- '1904/733. Pts 3, 4, 5, & 6. MUSCAT. COMMERCIAL TREATY. STATUS OF MUSCATIS. HOSPITAL.'
- Pages
- 214r:214v, 217r:217v, 237r:259v, 272r:272v, 286r:288v, 311v:312v, 315r:316v, 324r:326v, 337r:341v, 346r:347v
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