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File 1173/1914 ‘Muscat:- financial affairs. Loans to the Sultan.’ [‎96r] (196/614)

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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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renewal of the ill-feeling between Muscat and the
Omanis. This was done from April 1st and it was
a natter of considerable regret to me as it was
then bringing in about Rs400 a month and would have
produced considerably more in the date harvest sea
son.
(b) With regard to the proposed increase in Custons
duty fy may I point out that the 5 % rate was fixed in
1891- 55 years ago- and 1 think I am right in asserting
that every country which has a system of tariffs(and
India itself is no exception)has increased its rates
within that period. It is not, therefore, an unfair
request to make to the other countries concerned,and
short of perennial and financial aid, which is unde
sirable from many points of view,is,to my mind,the only
possible way of balancing the Muscat Budget. It should
be remembered that the customs are the only way the
Omanis can be compelled to contribute to the Muscat
Government revenues and that they frop the main source
of revenue of the &tate. The only other tax which is
collected is the date harvest tax (zakat) and that is
open to so many abuses that it does not produce the
revenue it should do. A reorganisation of it was begun
by Captain Alban but it entails a detailed survey of
all the date groves and cannot be complete for some
time. I think it should be borne in mina that the
raising of the Customs dues would not materially affect
France or America as the import trade from the one is
r>j.l and from the other so small and so indirect as to
be practically negligible.
(c) Rfimi.6sj.QrL oL rejayment . .oi 1 . tfr.e. loa n, lor, five
I suggested this as I considered it would give
us time to search about for other sources of revenues .

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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 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)
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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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