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Gmdur on its Taoth the .'lastern U^rilf locally called 'Dim aar*
and the 'estern -^.nk called the 'Padi sar*. The letter "bank is
often used while golnf to -Plslikan, oloni, Can?, and Grattur.
The B.I.S.N. Con-pany's Agents for the
entsidiary ports of oiriara, Pasnl, Gwadtar and Ch^rtar are
Messrs Cnrnetji, *>aiashedji and Eoodthoy Karachi. Their
Office <9, at Cmdur i, i^ in represented "by their local
Agent : r. Ahmad a eiiart youn^ man "but being son of a semi..
Insolvent person »Ali"bhoy Eahnatullah is not a very popular
man in G^adur.
"During- the year under report the relations
existing Imtomuthe B.I.S.^Company's Acentn ftQd the looal
leading merchmts have teen most disagreeable, This may le
attributed to two weighty reasons explained "below;-
(1) Gwadnr p«opl« t t chief grievances ^ith-which
the D.P.G.'s and Political A* mt, Muscat's archives are full st
are about •Landing: Charges* ^ihich on account of their "being
charged as tney are, at the rate of* annas - six per gunny "bag
or any Small padtega are almost the loublo charges nhSA
compared with the -^ates charred at 'uscat or oven at Pasni
'•"here the steamers normally ancthor at a comparatively more
distance. These double charros are chart ed by tl e ^.I.S.N.Coy*
Agents under a 5 year a^reenent ^rith the lusat State, as
Landing Charges and arrangements at Gwadur are a matter ^hich
concern the Government of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat.
From their point of view it is necessary that landing
arrangements between 3hi:>s and Customs should be in the hands
of a contractor working under their orders, for if all
Gwadur merchants -"ere allowed to make their own re elective
arrangements, there would surely have been a greater
possibility of evasion of Customs to the financial loss of
the State. ,
On the basis of the above, the director-
C-neral of .Muscat Customs, therefore, granted the contract of
•Tending Charges* to Messrs Cursetji, Jamshedji and Hoodbhoy,
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the B.I.S.N. Coy: \gonts. Shortly after the official