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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [339r] (682/1324)
The record is made up of 1 volume (657 folios). It was created in 23 Nov 1937-8 Oct 1938. It was written in English and Arabic. 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.
matter was not of great importance under existing
conditions, but it mi gilt well be important in future whe
changes were made in the Muscat tariff, and it was very
desirable tiiao traders should know on what basis customs
duties would be levied. Mr. Dulichand urged that the
existing system was satisfactory, easily worked, and well
known to all the traders concerned, who would experience
much difficulty, as would also the customs staff, in gettin
used to the procedure indicated in the draft. It might
well be that it would be found desirable to adopt this
procedure in the future when considerable changes were
made in the tariff, but there was no present intention of
making such changes and they would therefore prefer to
continue the existing system. Mr. Dulichand was understood
to propose that the draft should run n according to their
market price (or market valuation) at Muscat . 11 He said
the phrase ’’ready money” was a source of dispute, since
traders frequently made their sales on three months’ or
six months' credit and would argue that the price on which
customs duty should be assessed should be, not what they
were due to receive at the end of the period of credit,
but the smaller price which the goods would fetch if sold
at once for cash. It was eventually agreed to leave
over the paragraph for consideration by His Highness in
the light of the discussion.
Article 12 (1) (i v): To meet His Highness the addition
of the following words at the end of the Article was
proposed and agreed to: ”arm shall so remit the case if
any other party to the proceedings is a national oj.. the
Sultan”.
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, minutes, and draft correspondence relating to the revision of the Anglo-Muscat Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation of 1891. The revision is based upon the proposals (folios 601-56) of Sultan Said bin Taimur of Muscat [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] further refined by meetings between the Sultan and 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, in London and Karachi in 1938, and in consultation with 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Dominions Office, Board of Trade, Government of India, Government of Burma, and Air Ministry. The majority of the volume consists of correspondence connected to this process.
Also included in the volume:
- correspondence, mostly with The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), concerning the translation of the text of the treaty into Arabic
- correspondence pertaining to comments on the draft treaty made by the Government of the Union of South Africa, including a report by the Inter-Departmental Committee on Intra-Imperial Relations on the points raised (folios 25-50)
- a copy of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Siam, 23 November 1937, used for comparison during the revision process (folios 554-65).
The volume does not cover the finalisation of the revised treaty.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (657 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 659; 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:96v, 98r:99v, 103r:216v, 218r:250v, 253r:544v, 545ar:545av, 545r:566v, 568r:658v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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