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Coll 20/1 'Muscat: Financial Situation: Budget Estimates, etc.' [185r] (369/732)
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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Confidential
iJb.665-S of 1931.
British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
& Console te-General,
Bushire, the 9th October 1931.
l^rom
The Hon’ble Major T.C.W.Fowle , C.B.J3.,
Officiating
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.
,
To
The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
Simla .
Muscat State Finances.
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to Foreign and Political
Department letter Ho. 3^-i!/31, dated the 14th September 1931
2. My views on question (a) have already been submitted in
my letter No. 623-S, dated the 23rd September 1931.
3. As regards ( b) a comparison of the budget estimate for
1930( forwarded under Colonel Biscoe^ letter No. H2,
dated 16th .January 1930) and for 193l( forwsrded under my
letter No. 551-S, dated the 25th August 1931) shows that
certain reductions - especially in the number and pay of
personnel - have been made since the despatch of Colonel
Biscoe's letter No. 99-S> dated the 5th May 1931 referred
to, though their effect is offset by the outstanding bill
for coal, amounting to Rs. 11,000, figuring in the budget
for 19 31.
4. As the *A1 Said* is an expensive vessel to maintain
I instructed 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.
to suggest to the Council
of Ministers that the vessel should be replaced by a motor
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
* whose cost of maintenance would be much less. The
Council, however, are averse to making the change on the
ground
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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].
The file includes:
- Budget estimates for most of the years between 1929 and 1947, sent by 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. in Muscat to either 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. , the Government of India, or both, via 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. , and sometimes including budget statements for the previous year and War Subsidy Account statements
- Correspondence relating to the discussion over whether or not to continue paying the Sultan the Arms Traffic Subsidy
- Reports into the financial situation of the state, usually by 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.
- Papers concerning the need for improvement in the collection of revenue in the Batinah and Shimaliyeh districts
- Papers concerning proposals for changes to the Muscat Levy Corps
- Papers connected to the temporary appointment of Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban as Financial Adviser to the State and Commandant of the Levy Corps
- Correspondence related to the discussion over the amendment of the treaties between Britain and Muscat
- Extent and format
- 1 file (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 20/1 'Muscat: Financial Situation: Budget Estimates, etc.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:37v, 38v:69v, 72r:83v, 84v:97r, 97r, 98r:142v, 143v:181v, 185r:201v, 206r:255v, 270r:293v, 302r:304v, 326r:334v, 357r:360v, 365r:365v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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