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Coll 20/27 'Muscat: Taxation of British subjects' [7r] (13/120)
The record is made up of 1 file (57 folios). It was created in 11 Aug 1937-28 Sep 1939. 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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Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
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Could you please refer to correspondence ending
with your letter N 0.2.Z.3251/38, dated the 14th May 1938,
on the subject of regularising the payment of certain Muscat
taxes by British subjects.
2 ‘ 1 ll0 P e 1 a* 1 not being stupid but I still do not see
tne necessity or desirability of regularising now the taxes
in question.
3 * ^ke situation is that until the new treaty is
brought into force, which will be very shortly, there are
certain taxes the legality of which is doubtful under the
existing treaty, but which British subjects had been paying
to the Muscat Government without any complaint until about
a year or so ago, when the new treaty came on the tapis.
4. Under the new tceaty the Sultan obtains fiscal
autonomy and can imjose what taxes he likes, which may' or
may not be the present ones: in point of fact I expect he will
overhaul his present fiscal system. Sven if we regularise
the present taxes before the new treaty comes into force as
suggested by the foreign Office thi q in n .
o uxi ice, oins m no way restricts the
Sultan's powers to change them. Would it not be simpler
therefore to wait until the new treaty is in force, see what
taxes the Sultan actually imposes and then take action under
Article lb of the new treaty to regularise them ?
v/atts.
I am sending copies of this letter to Metcalfe and
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^ J.j?. G-ibson, Esquire,
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.
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8 AUG 1938
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.
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Correspondence, minutes, and memoranda concerning the taxation of British subjects in Muscat and Oman. The file contains copy of the Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1915 (folios 46-59), and subsequent amendments in 1922 (folio 45-45A) and 1935 (folio 44).
The correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Government of India (External Affairs Department), 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. , and Foreign Office, and includes minutes and memoranda on the questions of what taxes British subjects are currently liable for, whether this should be more formally regularised, and what effect the renewal of the treaty with the Sultan of Muscat may have on the tax situation.
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- 1 file (57 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; 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/12/2987
- Title
- Coll 20/27 'Muscat: Taxation of British subjects'
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- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:45v, 45ar:45av, 46r:59v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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