"الإصلاحات في مسقط: الجمارك؛ الموارد المالية، والمفاوضات مع العُـمانيين" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٨] (٥٠٨/٢٦٠)

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from the interior or iinport of goods for the interior, At
present customs are theoretically collected at these places
by the -oiis, but not a penny ever reaohen ^uscut# iiribery
and snuggling are rampant, a condition of affr ira which
will increase unless some steps are taken to remfKiy m.tters,
a» the more efficient the control at . use at the greater will
be th<- tendency to geiu^gle through the ^mller port«,
i>uch control will only be pos ible with increased
personnel anci th adequate leane ot transport*
Ihe Cuttoms revenue is the only revenue of the
State with the exception of the * * AKaT * which is a coaetal
octroi of 5 percent levied by the Sultan on ^oods coming
from the interior. &ven the H ^A&AT M is collected through
the Customs which therefore controlihe v/hole revenue of
the Btate. On the efficient and profitable admini ^trntio?i
the
of the CustomH therefore depends ,ec onomic future of the
Sultan- te and the security for the repayment of our loan*
I propose therefore to consider in detail the
personnel, equipment ond /general CustomB arrangements.
P^hbONNii.U Yusuf Sayid iiffendi, the Egyptian Customs
Director appointed by up hat on 1 t January given notice
according to the term of hit? contract of hi,9 desire to
resign on th^ 1st April* Abdul Salam ^ffendi, his assistant
at kuttra has also done so, and 1 expect to he' r shortly
from Ahmed ^aki Affendi who is no% at our to the sarae effect.
1 had foreshadowed this in my Ho* 121-C of 26th Kove/aber*
Thi 6 i exceedingly unfortunate ar they have done excellent
work* At the same timeit iz useless to try and kmp keep them
as they have been often ill and are discontented and
nervou * Abdul Salam /:5iffendi who is exceedingly able has
offered to stay on but has proposed conditions which are in
my opinion impossible of acceptance* I will report shortly
aB to 0 whether I can persuade him to be reaeomble* He
would do well as Director of Customs*
It will thus he seen that in the probable event
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