"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٥‎٧‎٣] (١٧٨٢/٧١٦)

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satisfactorily concluded. At the end of September 1906 the debt of the
Sultan to the Government of India had been reduced to Ks. 4o,-91.
The control of the Sultan's customs through a British official tor
the purpose of rendering the management more efficient haJ been is-
IS - - have seen before, so early as 18 97, After 1899 i beoam
deBnitely an article in the policy of the Indian Government. In 1904 a
scheme was proposed under which the object might be attained with the
assistance of the Im^rial Bank of Persia, who would be asked to
open a branch at Masqat ; but before it had been commun ^ted to the
Sultan it was laid aside in favour of another, of which ^ of
were that the Sultan should appoint a nominee of
India to be head of his customs, that differences the S "
and this official should be settled by the arbitration of ^Jolrt^
Agent and that on these conditions the Go\einmen o
^lee to the SulUn a minimum monthly customs revenue^
8*0 000 The Secretarv of State for India, however, to whom the*
SesLwere su ^ed m ^
rrr^a, r ^ rir
award In the French flag case soon a
mentof the matter. The reluctance of the Sulta ^ ^
chanfe in the management of his cus oms appe
cnau 0 e m u 0 incapacitate him to draw-
more than one cause ; e eai ^ ^ tbe f arm er or superin-
in advance, as he was accus ome ' ^ the aboUtlon of various
tendent of customs ; he expected it to ma i n tain ;
personal and tribal ^ ^e^d by French reports, echoed
and, after 1900 at least, e w w hole govern-
in the Arabic press, that the customs an w^ hem ^w^
ment of Masqat were about to come under Bri^h do ^ ^
In April 1899 bubonic plague a PP es f ^ 0 £ those ports arose,
the question of the sanitary supervi obstructive ;
The attitude of ^
but, as the influence of longer sought
tr-s <»»""
to dispense with British assis ance^ ^ ^ been
October 1900, the approval ° £ r(reon o{ tte British Agency at
previously obtained, he place 6an;t administration and staff and
Masqat in charge of his w 10 t,vsioian to himself and to his
at the same time appointed ^ " ^ ^antine regulations was
family. The observance of the
British con
trol of the
Sultan's «us-
toms sought
but not ob*
tained.
British Sani-
tarv control
of the port
of Masqat
established,
1900.