ملف ٢٧٦٨/١٩١٣ "الاتجار بالأسلحة: مستودع مسقط؛ مطالبات الشركات البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٩] (٦٤٥/٢٦٢)

. Trie iolltical Arcent, W^Rkot,
. The Secretary to the Coverment oT India
in the ^orelm find Political department.
(Repeated Political Rocldent in the Persian Gulf).
HO, 303.
Dated ami received the 7th December 1914.
A reference if. invited to i'oreim and Political Department
teler-rama, .or. D.a. 121 and XIQL D,; .124 dated the 4th and 5th
December 1914 re-pectively. Detail of IlritlRh rtock now in
Maskat under the heads mentioned is a* foil jws.
Pirrlly j rmr:- (1) ,3C3. There are 94 rportinp; Lee Metfordr
moKaaine rifles richly engraved, the retail price of which is
//$- $-o
Re./118 4H>> and Invoice price £ 7-3-6d, also / of the some
kind of rifles but not enpraved, the retail jirice is Hs,l02 #
and Invoice price £ 6-3-Gd. There are olfio/ringle long rtock
Msrtinl Metford riflen, the Retail price is Ms. 36/8/- and
Invoice price l 2-1-0. Total 759 rlflee. The above are all
from Messrs Laubenberg'e stock and invoice price is from hlr
invoice.
(2), (3), and (4) Nil.
secondly SErmnltion:-
(D.3G3. There are 2,04,582 roundr of aniunitlon o: wiiich
1,80,800 rounds ore Laubenberg'*. The balance belongs to anotaei
local firm ond is stock solv/iged from cen , Retail pricr of
ammunition belonging to L'Ubcnberg^ ntock ir Us. 70 if under
10,000 rounds are taken and us. 6b per thousand round® if over
10,000 rounds are token. (2) and (3) Nil. (4) 1,48,600 roundr
of seven mllle metVes for r.vuser rifles, all L ubenberg’s.
Retail price is iis. 7o/« per thousand roundr. or Hs. 75 if under
10,000 rounds are taken.
Of tawvwvmry snider anifnunition belonging to the deported Ali
Musa Khan there are 13^974 rounds. Price per thouBand rounds
K s. 100, These have been in stock for a long time.