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Coll 20/1 'Muscat: Financial Situation: Budget Estimates, etc.' [‎120r] (239/732)

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The record is made up of 1 file (364 folios). It was created in 19 Mar 1928-8 May 1947. 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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■Reports on the Muscat state financial year,
193* .
I.The year f a working.
The year 19' 2 has “been an extremely unsettled one from
a financial point of view.
\t the close of the financial year 1931, after an
unprecedented slump in the prices of commodities it was though
t'r at oottom had "been touched and that in the coming year, even
if conditions did not improve they would not at least deter*
iorate tuch further.
3. On this assumption, therefore, the budget estimate of
revenue for 19ZZ was based on the actual receipts of the
previous year, less 50,000 to offset any other possible
drop in receipts.
4. The advent of the year 193i* was wait fad with interest
and when the month of January brought in receipts exceeding
those of the corresponding period for the two preceding years
it was hoped that the worst of the depression was passed.
February and ifarah while not so good, were at least equal to
the previous year.
5. how according to all precedent the next two months of
the year i.e. April and May should have been much more pros*
porous owing to the arrival from abroad of country craft laden
with imports from their last voyage before the monsoon. It is
in this period also that large quantities of Kasha i.e. fish
manure, are shipped to India and Germany.
6. At the beginning of April, however, as a result of
advices received froar Germany, no shipment of Kasha took place
to that country. The result of this was an immediate and heavy
slump in the market for this article while shipments for Bombay
and southern India also declined.
7. A heavy drop in revenue immediately appeared and the
Treasury lost nearly Is. 32,000, as compared with the corres
ponding period for the previous year, in the month of April

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The file contains correspondence relating to Muscat state finances. The correspondence is between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul, Muscat, 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. , the Government of India (External Affairs and Foreign and Political Departments), 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. , and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].

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1 file (364 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 365; 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.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Please note ff 326-330 may not be original to this file as its existing foliation was not consistent with the rest of the file.

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