"ملف ٧٨/٨ شؤون دولة مسقط: تسليم جوادر إلى قلات". [و‎‎٢‎٥] (١٩٢/٤٩)

The reason* wlilch froro 'the JIuscat point of view m&'Xq
previously
the oession or renlltlon of Gwaiar lesirabl* are no longer
operative, hut In their place ha* arisen an entirely new set
of circumstances which ,1 venture to *Ujj&est # makes tue o^Hsion
of Gwaiar by the Sultan vary desirable* The reasons which
may make the acquisition of Gwalar desirable by Baluchistan
throu£xi tae Khan of Kalat are beyond my purview, but presuaabf
they are still cogent now*
The reasons from the Muscat point of view ar#;-
(I) The control of Gwadar by Muscat is ineffective and
the cause of frequent complaint and friction.
{») The situation by which the Sultan uses an Important
possession In the British sphere as a private estate when the
only income is of an essentially administrative kind, namely
customs, and hands over this possession to the complete
control of an Indian merchant who shamelessly loots him, is
not one which we should ll&htly tolerate*
(J) The Sultan ha* openly stated to Government ills wish to
abdicate provided he should be allowed a certain income in
India. Provided hb is even only moderately compensated for
Gwadar he is therefore not likely to place obstacles in our
wgy as regards the possible rendition of the town on the
grount4)that such action interferes with his IndepeAdenco*
(4) Government have lately taken in hand seriously the
reform of the administration in Muscat itself, and have clear*
off the Sultan's debts by a loan. This naturally handicaps
the state, as though there is every reason to suppose that the
state will be able to repay the loan without difficulty, yet
with the necessarily limited sources of income it Is very
difficult for the state to undertake certain necessary works
and reforms without which real progress cannot be made*
(5) The fact that Remoo has not supplied the Buitan with
all the money the latter hoped he v/ould will make the Sultan
far more inclined to look at any offer from us*
It is clear that any action on the Gwsdar