ملف ٢٧٦٨/١٩١٣ "الاتجار بالأسلحة: مستودع مسقط؛ مطالبات الشركات البريطانية" [و‎‎٤‎٠] (٦٤٥/٨٤)

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No. 317, dat^d Maskat, the 10th April 1915.
From— Likutenant-Colonel R. A. E. Benn, C.I.E., Political Agent and His
Britannic Majesty's Consul, Maskat,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with your telegram,
No. 94 E.-A, dated the 6th April 1915, I have the honour to forward, herewith,
a copy of my letter No. 316, dated the 10th April 1915, with enclosure, which I
have addressed to Messrs. Laubenburg & Co. of Birmingham on the subject of
the reshipment to England of the balance of their ammunition.
2. A copy of this letter with its enclosures is being forwarded to the
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.
Enclosure to Serial No. 127.
No. 316, dated Maskat, the 10th April 1915.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. E. Benn, C.I.E., Political Agent and His
Britannic Majesty's Consul, Maskat,
To— Messes. Laubenbukg & Co., 58, Cambridge Street, Birmingham.
I beg to invite a reference to your letter, dated the 22nd January 1915,
on the subject of the reshipment to you of the unsold stock of ammunition
belonging to you and now remaining in the Maskat State Warehouse.
2. In this connection I would first invite your attention to your letter of
the 20th March 1914 to the address of my predecessor Colonel Knox in which
a mention was made of a sum of £706-9-2 having been paid to you as deposit by
Abdur Rahim bin Jaffir and refundable to him minus a sum of £ 479-12-6 on
account of the cost of goods shipped by you to Abdur Rahim bin Jaflir by
S. S. “ Turkistan" and not paid for by him. The amount refundable to
Abdur Rahim bin Jaffir therefore comes to £ 226-16-3.
3. The arrangements made with your firm by Colonel Knox was that
he should first realise your claim by sale of goods ex S. S. “Mashona" and
then pay Abdur Rahim bin Jaffir’s claim for refund of the deposit with you.
4. The total sum realised for you by this ofiice by sale of your goods
up the 31st December 1914 is £ 922-4-4. This amount has been remitted to
and acknowledged by you. This office also has in hand a further sum of
£lo4-7-6f on account of sales effected during the months of January and
February 1915. We have also the balance stock of your ammunition in
the State Warehouse amounting to 150 cases valued approximately at £1,400.
5. I have now been directed by the Government of India to ship these
150 cases of ammunition to the India Office, who will deliver the same to you
on payment by you of a sum of £92-9-lJ, arrived at as under:—
£ d.
Deposit refundable to Abdur Rahim bin Jaffir {vide paragraph
2 above) ... ... ... ... 226 16 8
Deduct balance in band with this office {vide paragraph 4
above) ... ... ... ... ••• 134 7 6f
Balance ... 92 9 If
6. In addition to the sum of £92-9-1^, there is also a sum of £26 due
by you to this office on account of freight and other charges incurred by this
office in connection with the despatch of the ammunition as per bill attached.
I shall therefore be obliged if you will include this latter amount in the
cheque which you will be good enough to hand to the India Office making a
total of £118-9-1J.
7. The 150 cases of ammunition will be despatched by Britisn India
S. S. “ Barpeta” sailing hence for Bombay on the 19th April 1915.