'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.' [310r] (205/286)
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ENCLOSURES.
Enclosure No. 1.
Eorei^u Office to
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.
.
Foreign Oflice,
Sir, 21st January 1901.
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to transmit to you
a copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty’s Minister at Lisbon, enclosing
a memorandum by the Commercial Attache to the Legation on the
subject of the projected reforms in the Portuguese Customs Tariff.
Mr. Harrison observes in his memorandum that at the present time
Spain, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Denmark, Belgium, and the
United States have commercial conventions with Portugal, based on
mutual concessions in favour of articles of special interest to those
countries, hut that for Her Majesty’s Government there would he no
object in entering into a convention on such lines. He suggests that
the proposed convention, as drafted in May 1S9S, still remains suitable
to British requirements, and he considers that as the projected minimum
tariff is abandoned, there should he no serious objection in Portugal to
an agreement on this basis.
Lord Lansdowne would he glad to know whether the Secretary of
State for India is of opinion that the draft convention, a copy of which
is enclosed, might still he pressed on the acceptance of the Portuguese
Government.
The reference in Article II. of the draft to the treaties entered into
by Portugal with the South African Republic and Orange Free State
would, of course, now be omitted.
I am to request an early reply.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State Martin Gosselin.
for India.
Annex 1.
Her Majesty’s Minister at Lisbon to Foreign Office.
No. 1 (Commercial). Lisbon,
My Lord, 5th January 1901.
With reference to my Despatch No. 13 (Commercial), of the 9th
of October last, I have the honour to transmit herewith a memorandum
by Mr. Harrison on the subject of the proposed reforms in the
Portuguese Customs tariff.
The Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G.,
&c., &c., &c.
The question of reforming the Portuguese Customs Tariff and
introducing a minimum tariff appears to have been abandoned.
9577. B
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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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