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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [‎558r] (1122/1324)

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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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Article 14.
^ In all that regards the stationing, loading and unloading of vessels
in the ports, docks, quays, harbours and roadsteads of their respective
:erritories, the High Contracting Parties shall reciprocally apply the
provisions of the Convention and Statute on the International Regime
pf Maritime Ports, signed at Geneva on the 9th December, 1923.
Article 15.
In regard to dues, charges and payments of all kinds and of
vhatever denomination levied on ships, such as tonnage, sanitary,
)ort, quay, harbour, pilotage, lighthouse and quarantine dues or
barges, levied in the name or for the profit of the Government,
public functionaries, private individuals, corporations or establish-
nents of any kind, the High Contracting Parties shall reciprocally
tpply the provisions of the Convention and Statute on the Inter-
rational Regime of Maritime Ports, signed at Geneva on the
)tli December, 1923.
Article 16.
It ]' si • . . • •
( 1 ) The provisions of this Treaty relating to the mutual concession
if national treatment do not apply—
(a) to the coasting trade of the territories of the High Contracting
Parties, or
(b) to fishing in their territorial and national waters.
(2) Nevertheless, (a) in respect of the coasting trade the subjects
nd vessels of each High Contracting Party shall enjoy in the
am m 1CJ srritories of the other treatment no less favourable than that
estotaatth ccorded to the subjects or citizens or vessels of any other foreign
r in an?r o 1111 ^, an( i (b) in respect of fisheries, the subjects and vessels of
Yesge ]‘ or !;j ither High Contracting Party, and fish caught by such vessels, shall
TheranrCOt f reate( ^ l ess favourably in any respect in the territories and
erritorial waters of the other Party than the subjects or citizens or
'essels of any other foreign country or fish caught by such vessels.
(3) Moreover, in the event of the coasting trade being exclusively
eserved in the territories of either High Contracting Party to national
r essels, the vessels of the other Party may, nevertheless, proceed
rom one port to another in such territories either for the purpose of
may
■ 7 - anding the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers brought from
' t “Abroad, or of taking on board the whole or part of their cargoes or
Passengers for a foreign destination. Such vessels shall, moreover,
f engaged in trading to or from places not within the limits of the
■’casting trade so reserved, not be prohibited from the carriage

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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.

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1 volume (657 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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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
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