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File 1173/1914 ‘Muscat:- financial affairs. Loans to the Sultan.’ [51r] (106/614)
The record is made up of 1 volume (303 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1910-4 Apr 1927. 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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no less than Hs. 27,00c/- of it represents Capioal and
Non-Hecurrent expenditure* ±hat it is wnoily u) be
met from current 1926 revenues without resulting in a
Budget deficit at the end of the year, my be regarded as
a justification for the measure.
me proposed extensive Public works program also
calls for comment. For many years past Government forts
up and down thfc cost-at one time handsome and imposing
buildings and dating from the Portuguese occupation - have
had no money spent on them, and are fast falling to
pieces, those at Buwaiq and ms ana' ah 1 found U) be as
dilapidated as Jalali Fort in Muscat; but the provincial
forts being small they can be repaired at moderate cost.
The fort at Khabura had been so much neglected as to have
become irreparable, and nas been abandoned. As these
forts are head-quarters of District Government i-e., are
used as residences and offices by the various .alls io
would, apart from the question of prestige, be uneconomi
cal to p rmit their decay and later as a result be
committed to heavy expenditure on new Government buildings.
Comparison of estimated Receipts and Kstimated
expenditure may be deemed to show a margin too narrow to
accommodate possible "Unforeseen Expenditure", in that
case curtailment could be made umer one or more of the
following heads at the time the necessity arises,
(1) Chapter ill Cutting down the steamer's pabrois
to reduce coal consumption.
^2) " vin deducing the Public works Program.
^ 3 j » n Kconomising unaer Military Expenditure.
The State commenced the year 1925 with a balance of
Rs.55,201/- vide my six monthly Financial Report, dated
23rd July 25. independent of tnis sum our surplus on
the
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The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the financial affairs of the Muscat (Maskat) state. It includes correspondence concerning loans from the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat, reports on the financial position of Muscat, and financial statements for the Muscat state, such as estimates of revenue and expenditure, and statements of actual revenue and expenditure.
The main correspondents are as follows:
- 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 Viceroy of India, Foreign Department.
- 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. and the Government of India Foreign Department.
- The Government of India Foreign Department and 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 HBM Consul, Maskat [Muscat].
- 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 Foreign Office.
- 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 HBM Consul, Maskat, and 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. (and the Deputy 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. ).
The file also includes 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. minute papers and 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. internal notes (between John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Sir Thomas William Holderness, and others).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (303 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1173 (Muscat:- financial affairs. Loans to the Sultan) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/449.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 305; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/449
- Title
- File 1173/1914 ‘Muscat:- financial affairs. Loans to the Sultan.’
- Pages
- 28r:28v, 32r:32v, 36r:43v, 50r:67v, 71r:79v, 113r:113v, 118r:118v, 121v:123v, 178r:179v
- Author
- Government of Oman (xx Government of Muscat and Oman)
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