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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [398r] (800/1324)
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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import duties of 5%. So long as this limitation lasted the
inclusion in the valuations of this very small limited margin
representing the import duties did not matter, hut once he
espeot
e he
secures tariff autonomy every increase that he makes in the
import duties will atomatically he added on to the valuations
on which those duties are based, thus producing a cumulative
effect* It may indeed he said that it is the universal
practice in other countries expressly to exclude the amount of
the Customs duties and incidental charges from the valuations
and, as an example, the Sultan might he shown the following
i
extract from the Act of Algeciras of 1906 which is, of course,
an international agreement regarding Morocco. The second
i!
paragraph of Article 95 of the Act reads as follows
foreign
hen I
as prefers!
he regular
doubt if
n The ad valorem duties ahall he paid on the basis of
the cash and wholesale value of the goods entered at the
customs-house, free of customs and warehouse duties* In
the case of damaged goods, the depreciation they have
undergone shall he taken into account in their valuation”.
In the last resort it seems to me that you might agree to
say ”the ready money market price at Muscat”, hut that you
ought to insist on adding the qualification ”less the Customs
duties payable on importation”*
Article 8, paragraph 5(h). So long as this Article
remains unilateral the effect of omitting this exception in
respect of the traffic in arms will, of course, merely he that
the Sultan will have to treat us on a purely most favoured natior
basis* To that, it seems to me, we need not object on our
/own
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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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