File 2768/1913 'Arms traffic: Muscat warehouse; claims of British firms' [‎129r] (262/645)

. Trie iolltical Arcent, W^Rkot,
. The Secretary to the Coverment oT India
in the ^orelm find Political department.
(Repeated Political Rocldent in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ).
HO, 303.
Dated ami received the 7th December 1914.
A reference if. invited to i'oreim and Political Department
teler-rama, .or. D.a. 121 and XIQL D,; .124 dated the 4th and 5th
December 1914 re-pectively. Detail of IlritlRh rtock now in
Maskat under the heads mentioned is a* foil jws.
Pirrlly j rmr:- (1) ,3C3. There are 94 rportinp; Lee Metfordr
moKaaine rifles richly engraved, the retail price of which is
//$- $-o
Re./118 4H>> and Invoice price £ 7-3-6d, also / of the some
kind of rifles but not enpraved, the retail jirice is Hs,l02 #
and Invoice price £ 6-3-Gd. There are olfio/ringle long rtock
Msrtinl Metford riflen, the Retail price is Ms. 36/8/- and
Invoice price l 2-1-0. Total 759 rlflee. The above are all
from Messrs Laubenberg'e stock and invoice price is from hlr
invoice.
(2), (3), and (4) Nil.
secondly SErmnltion:-
(D.3G3. There are 2,04,582 roundr of aniunitlon o: wiiich
1,80,800 rounds ore Laubenberg'*. The balance belongs to anotaei
local firm ond is stock solv/iged from cen , Retail pricr of
ammunition belonging to L'Ubcnberg^ ntock ir Us. 70 if under
10,000 rounds are taken and us. 6b per thousand round® if over
10,000 rounds are token. (2) and (3) Nil. (4) 1,48,600 roundr
of seven mllle metVes for r.vuser rifles, all L ubenberg’s.
Retail price is iis. 7o/« per thousand roundr. or Hs. 75 if under
10,000 rounds are taken.
Of tawvwvmry snider anifnunition belonging to the deported Ali
Musa Khan there are 13^974 rounds. Price per thouBand rounds
K s. 100, These have been in stock for a long time.