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Coll 20/1 'Muscat: Financial Situation: Budget Estimates, etc.' [245r] (489/732)
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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4793a
5000 10 30
conduct/
Minute Paper.
4. Simultaneously we received intimation of the
Sultan ? s failure to return to Muscat and his desire to
abdicate on a pension.
5. The proposals submitted by the Resident for
dealing with the situation are summarised in paragraph 14
of his present Despatch. The position in regard to them
is as follows:- The Government of India have agreed
that an overdraft of Rs.50,000 may be secured from the
Imperial Bank of India in return for a lien on the
Zanzibar subsidy - p.Z. S10/31. They have separately
recommended to the Secretary of State approval of the
Resident 1 s recommendation that the Sultan’s allowance of
Rs.10,000 per mensem should be immediately reduced to
Rs.5,000 (this is being submitted simultaneously on
P.Z. -114/31). They have also expressed their agreement
in principle with the suggestion that His Majesty's
Government should try to obtain acceptance by the French
of raost-favoured-nation tariff treatment f<H? Muscat, a
subject on which they promise more detailed comments in
due course, and regarding which a separate submission
will be made (P.Z. 1048/31, copy below). From their
telegram on the subject it would appear that they may be
1 •
prepared to contemplate, as recommended by the Resident,
the revision of Article 6 of the Treaty of 1891 between
.
Great Britain and Muscat which provides for a maximum of
5/ duty. The recommendation in (5) of paragraph 14 of the
i
Resident’s present despatch is one which can best be
considered in connection with the proposed tariff revisions
6. The situation is very unsatisfactory and
action on the lines recommended by the Resident appears
to offer the best hope of progress. Mr. Thomas's
i
Department.
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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.'
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- 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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