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'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.' [287r] (159/286)
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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(4) All goo Is and merchandise transhipped or landed for the repair of
damage caused by stress of weather or other disaster at sea, provided that cargo
so landed be re-shipped and exported to a foreign port and taken away on board
of the same vessel.
Aeticle VII.
No article whatever shall be prohibited from being imported into or export
ed from the territories of His Highness the Saltan, and no export duties are to
be levied on goo Is exported from those territories, except with the consent of
the Government of His Majesty, such consent being subject to the conditions
that may be laid down in the notifications intimating the same.
Aeticle VIII.
It is agreed and under>tood by the High Contracting Parties that, in the
event of an arrangement being entered into hereafter between His Highness
the Sultan and the powers having treaty relations with Maskat, and to which
Great Britain sh ill be a consenting party, whereby vessels entering the port
of Maskat shall be charged with shipping, tonnage, harbour, or any other dues,
such dues to be administered under the control of a special Board for the im
provement of the harbour and the construction and maintenance of lighthouses,
or other similar works ; nothing in the afore-mentioned provisions shall be con
strued so as to exempt British vessels from payment of suek shipping, tonnage,
harbour or other dues as may hereafter be agreed upon..
Aeticle IX.
The duties leviable under Article VI of this treaty shall be payable in \
c un -which is legal tender in British India, unless, by common consent of the
trader and of the authorities of His Highnes’s Customs House, it is agreed in /
any case to satisfy all dues by delivery of one-twentieth part of the imported
goods.
The value of all goods on which duty is to he levied shall bo calculated
according to the local cash prices ruling at the date of levy.
In the event of any dispute arising between a British subject and the
Custom House authorities regarding the value of goods imported, this shall be
determined by the Custom House authorities purchasing the goods at the
trader’s valuation plus ten per cent.
Aeticle X.
His Highness the Sultan engages by the present treaty to secure that the
movement of goods in transit shall not be obstructed or delayed in a vexatious
manner by unnecessary Customs formalities and regulations, cind that e\ery
facility will he given for their transport, landing, and handling, and that
standard scales and weights shall be provided Tor the weighment of merchandise
at all Oman ports where British traders resiue.
Article XI.
British vessels entering a port in the dominions of His Highness the Sultan
in distress shall receive from the local authorities all necessary aid to enable
them to revictual and refit so as to procee 1 on their voyage.
Should a British vessel he wrecked off the coast of His Highness s domi-
nions the authorities of His Highness shall render all assistance in their power
to the distressed vessel, in order to save the vessel, her cargo, and those on
board they shall also give aid and protection to persons saved and shall assist
them ’in reaching the nearest British Consulate; they shall further take every
nossTble care that the goods so recovered are safely stored and kept for the pur-
lose of being handed over to the owner, captain, agent of the vessel or British
Consul subject always to rights of salvage. n , , •
His Highness’s authorities shall further see that the British Consulate is
at once informed of such disaster laving occurred.
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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
- Title
- '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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