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N°. dated Maskat, the 21st March 1915.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. E. Benn, C.I.E., Political Agent and His
Britannic Majesty's Consul, Maskat,
To—The Hon'ble the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign
and Political Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with your telegram A
+ c -iv ^°- ^2 D.-S.,t dated the 8th March :
1915, I have the honour to forward, here- ^
with, a copy of my letter No. /A, dated 21st March 1915, which I have
addressed to the Political Resident in the. Persian Gulf, Bushire, on the subject
of the despatch to England of the ammunition belonging to Messrs. Lauben-
burg & Co. of Birmingham.
No. ^f, dated Maskat, the 21st March 1915.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. E. B//n, C.I.E., Political Agent and His £ y
Britannic Majesty's Consul, Maskat,
To—The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.
I have the honour to invite a reference to the correspondence ending with
+ c : i eo/\ ' telegram No. 282 1).-S.,J dated the 8th
t era o. {a). March 1915, from the Government of
India in the Foreign and Political Department to your address on the subject
of the despatch to England of the ammunition belonging to Messrs. Laubenburg
& Co. of Birmingham.
2. In this connection I have the honour to state that, through an
oversight, which I much regret, the sum
stated in my telegram, No. 179,§ dated
the 26th February 1915, to your address and repeated to the Government of
India, as being due by Messrs. Laubenburg to Abdur Rahim bin Jaffer on
account of refund of deposit, was incorrectly shown as £706-6-0 (the exact sum
is £706-9-2). It seems from a letter, dated 20th March 1914, received from
Messrs. Laubenburgh & Co., after Colonel Knox’s departure from Maskat,
that the deposit of £706-9-2 was placed with the firm by Abdur Rahim bin
Jaffer “ as a general guarantee for the due payment of their drafts, for the.
§ Serial No. 87.
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