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Coll 20/1 'Muscat: Financial Situation: Budget Estimates, etc.' [260r] (519/732)
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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Estimated receipts Hs.8,45,000
M expenditure Re. 9.23.775
• Deficit .. Rs. 78,775
5. Estimated receipts are "based on last year’s actuals. For
further particulars see Appendix G.
Estimated expenditure is also based on last year’s actual
expenditure, and will be found roughly to correspond to the
sum of (pj cash actually expended
lb) last year’s deficit
^c) the second half-yearly instalment of the Govt.of
India loan, for which a postponement was secured
last year.
Fuller particulars are given in Appendix E.
As ’’cheese-paring economies” have been the order of the
day for the past few years, it is difficult to see at a first
glance how substantial savings can be made in^xpenditure.
Adequate increases in revenue can only be achieved by imposing
new taxation. An increase in the customs rate is under
active consideration; this question will be made the subject
of a separate report.
6) Working to the above budget, the financial position at
the close of the present year will be*
Deficit on the year’s working
(see para.5a above) ... Rs.78,775
Net outstanding liabilities
(as on 31-12-30(see para.3.) ”1,35,879
Total deficit at end of 1931. ... Rs. 2,14,654
The auove figures do not include the balance of the Govt, of
India loan, amounting to Rs.77,841.
7) , It must be emphasized that the system of accounts here
makes it impossible to guarantee any of the figures. It may,
however, be safely assumed that the State of Muscat ’s
finances is substantially as shown aocve.
8) I hope by next week to put up tentative proposals for
remedying matters. In the meantime I submit a note on the
Dollar Exchange(Appendix E).
sd/-S.E.Hedgeock
Financial Adviser,
Muscat State.
12.1.31
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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
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- 1 file (364 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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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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- Title
- Coll 20/1 'Muscat: Financial Situation: Budget Estimates, etc.'
- Pages
- 143r, 182r:184v, 202r:205v, 256r:269v, 294r:301v, 305r:325v, 335r:356v, 361r:364v
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- Government of Oman (xx Government of Muscat and Oman)
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