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File XXXII/12 '1. Finances. 2. Customs Duties (Sur). 3. Financial Crisis, 1931. 4. Treaties with France and America' [105r] (214/266)
The record is made up of 1 file (129 folios). It was created in 18 Dec 1928-31 Dec 1930. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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BRITISH EMBASSY
960
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
June 13th, 1930
Sir
With reference to previous correspondence ending
with ay despatch No* 881 of May 29th, 1930, relating to
the raising of the customs tariff of Muscat, I hare the
honour to report that Mr. Cotton yesterday expressed
regret to me that it would he impossible to secure the
ratification of any treaty giving effect to the desires
of the Muscat Government without considerable delay. At the
same time he could not conceive that the United States
Government, about to raise their own tariff in so striking
a measure, could possibly object to the action proposed
in Muscat, therefore suggested that the Muscat Govern
ment should, if they saw fit, raise their duties in the
i manner suggested, in advance of treaty approval by the
United States Government. He asked me whether I thought
that this verbal notification should be enough to enable
His Majesty’s Government so to proceed, or whether I should
prefer it in writing.
2. I said that as we were dealing with formal treaty
rights I thought it would be preferable to have it in
some form on paper. At the same time I thanked him for
the helpful attitude of the State Department,which, I said,
would bring material assistance to a small and remote, but
suffering community. I thought that the interests at stake
being so small the technical irregularity he was proposing
might
iie Right Honourable
Arthur Henderson, M.P.,
Et c •,
etc.,
etc •,
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This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat, the Political 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. in Bushire and 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. in London) concerning economic problems in the Sultanate of Muscat and the consequent need to raise its customs tariffs in order to increase state revenue. Much of the correspondence relates to potential issues that this proposed increase could cause with the United States of America and France due to treaties those two countries previously agreed with the Sultan of Muscat.
In addition to internal correspondence between British officials, the file also contains a limited amount of correspondence with US and French diplomats and one letter in Arabic (with English translation) from the Sultan of Muscat, Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd(folios 52-53).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following documents:
- 'Note on the Financial Aspect of Our Policy [in Muscat]' 1928 (folios 5-6)
- 'List of the monthly allowances paid by the Muscat Govt. to the Frontier Shaikhs. 1927' (folio 48)
- Draft revised treaty between the United States of America and the Sultan of Muscat (folios 120-121).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (129 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 131; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-128; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/6/49
- Title
- File XXXII/12 '1. Finances. 2. Customs Duties (Sur). 3. Financial Crisis, 1931. 4. Treaties with France and America'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:51v, 54r:102v, 104r:114v, 116r:118v, 120r:126v, 128r:130v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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