"ملف ٧٨/٨ شؤون دولة مسقط: تسليم جوادر إلى قلات". [و‎‎١‎٢] (١٩٢/٢٣)

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—in£ i with Mascot wh6 would profer any such claim
woulc. be Fiance* There is nothing to prevent Franc Maiming
such rights as Ramsay mentions, but, in view of the principle
laid down by the Gov. of India ( vide next para ) it is ex
tremely unlikely that such a claim would ever come to any
thing*
In the first place we may,I think, take it as pretty certain
tiiat the present Sultan would not hesitate &iai to refer the
LjussUon to us • ieii leave the matter in our hands/.! and in
the next the Gov. of India have already signified by a warning
conveyed te the late Sultan in 1902 ( Gov.of India letter No*
159 dated 4th*Sept* 1902 to Secretary of State ) their "“lefl
eroination- tu pTOhrLit any^^Slatidn of tha^gorhon orhis ”
( tne guHvii^-rarms'Fri'•gaflurT'wnE~l^^ 7 ~
and this determination has been approved & confirmed by the
Sec* of State for India t vide Seroet Letter No* 47 dated
21 Nov* 1902 to the Gov* of India )*
It seems then that though the SultalrfiHil! mi^it find it diff
icult to oppose a claim sucu as Ramsay mentions, we may ass- * ]
- ume tnat, owing to the aoove mentioned determination of the
Cov* of India, no Foreign Power would ever be able to obtain
a foothold in Cwadur territory*
I will, as you suggest, cautiously convey to H*H*, if necessary
the ide? that Foreign interference in Gwadur would certainly
lead to its being taken a\?ay from him*
I will now reply to Ramsay’s questions (1) (3) & C4) 1 -
(1). Trade of gwadur for 5 years^ Trade figures for Crodur
are not recorded separately in this office a consequently sep
arate statistics of trade between Mas oat S. Cwadur are not ob
tainable. The Karachi Customs Trade reports also do not re
cord separate trade statistics for Gwadur.
A rough estimate, however, made in my office with the assist
ance of Messr. Towell 4 Co. puts the total export 4 import
sea Dome trade ic^stfcasaMgftxORiJfci between Cj.aanr < iascai
at Rs. 50^)00/ annually, made up as uader »-
3v Steamships.
Inports from Cwadur to Masoat
Exports from Mascat to Cwadur
Other sundry trade with Cwadur
RS. 5000
Rs. 10000
R s. 5000
Rs. 20000