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note elated 14th October ? 19 3o.
DOLIIITIulTS OPliTCE,
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14th Octoher ? 19 „
My dear High Cor.ini ssioner ?
j. The questions dealt with in your letter of the 16th
August to the Secretary of State regarding; the draft Treaty
"between the United Kingdoin. and huscat have "been car efullv
considered "by the competent Departments of His Majesty's
Government in the United riingdonip and I am now in a position
to communicate to you the views of His Majesty's Government on
the points raised.
i. The Articles of the draft Treaty to which His Hajesty 1 s
Government in the Union have called attention fall into two
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categories ? namely ? Articles 1", 20"and 21, which are general
provisions of a type which it has "been customary for many years
past to include in general Commercial Treaties negotiated on
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"behalf of the United Kingdom, and Articles 1. ? 14 and 15 which
relate to the securing of special extra-territorial rights in
the territories of the Sultan of Muscat; and it will be convenient
to deal separately with these two categories.
£ , As stated above, the Articles in the first category
follow existing practice in regard to the draft ng of Commercial
Treaties. This practice is based on the recommendations
contained in a Heport of the Drafting Committee of the Inter-
Imperial Relations Committee of the Imperial Conference of 1^50
which were accepted by the representatives of the G-overnments
then present 3 exceot those of tile Irish ./roe State; a copy ox
'the Report of the Committee is annexed for convenience ox
reference. Since that time His Majesty's g-overnment m the
United Kingdom have included provisions based on the recommend
ations of the Report in all their draft Commercial xreatics;
T fc pr . recent/
• Ja-cer ? Esq.