Political Correspondence - Muscat and Oman Affairs [‎184v] (368/370)

Resolution. —As regards the future management of the abovenamed tribes, the
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab and the Commissioner in Sind at a Conference held in
the early part of the present year made two distinct pioposals, viz.
1st. That the control of the relations of Government with those tribes should be
placed in the hands of the Political Superintendent, Upper Sind Frontier, and that the
Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ghazee Khan, in respect of the said tribes, should be placed
under the Political Superintendent, and not under the Commissioner of the Derajat, who
will be relieved of all responsibility so far as those relations are concerned, dhe Viceroy
and Governor General in Council entirely approves ot this proposal, and authorizes its being
carried into effect.
2nd. It was proposed to grant an additional sum of Rs. 32,040 for the entertainment
of certain horsemen of the Murree and Boogtee tribes for purposes of protection. As to
the mode of paying this amount, three distinct proposal#have been made : (a) that it
should be paid to the Khan of Khelat: (b) that if additional sums are considered neces
sary for preserving the peace of the frontier, they should be paid to the Chiefs in the name
of the British Government: and (c) that the amount should be handed over to the Chiefs in
the name of the Khan, and that it should be considered an addition to the subsidy of
Rs. 50,000 a year at present paid to the Khan. The last course is that which commends
itself to His Excellency in Council, and it will accordingly be recommended to the Finan
cial Department for sanction.
3. But looking to the large sums that are yearly paid for securing the peace of the
frontier, and for the protection of trade, and to the small results obtained for this outlay,
His Excellency in Council is clearly of opinion that for the present this additional amount
of Rs. 32,040 shall only be granted for one year, and on the distinct understanding that
the whole question, connected as it is with the administration of the Sind and Punjab
frontier, may be taken up shortly and discussed in ail its bearings.
4 As regards the relations of the Khan of Khelat with his nobles, the Governor
General in Council concurs generally in the views expressed by His Excellency the
Governor of Bombay in his Minute dated the 10th February last, paras. 8 to 29. The
Political Superintendent, Upper Sind Frontier, and the Deputy Commissioner of Dera
Ghazee Khan should shape their attitude to the subjects of the Khan accordingly.
As regards the petition of Moola Mahomed, His Excellency in Council considers
that after a lapse of this interval of time it is not needtul to make any communication
rejrardincr it to the Ameer of Cabul.
Ordered. —Ordered that a copy of this Resolution, and the papers read in original, be
forwarded to the Financial Department for the purpose indicated in paras: 3 and 4.
(True extract)
C. U. AITCHISON,
Secretary to the Government of India.
No. 4603.
Government of India.
Financial Department.
Simla, the 21 si October 1871.
Read extract from proceedings in the Foreign Department, No. 2248 P., of the 19th
instant, recommending the grant for one year only of an additional sum of Rs. 32,010 for