ملف ٢٧٦٨/١٩١٣ "الاتجار بالأسلحة: مستودع مسقط؛ مطالبات الشركات البريطانية" [و‎‎٢‎٥‎٦] (٦٤٥/٥١٧)

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refuses to accept delivery of them on account of the ne W
'regulations, he ought, nevertheless, to pay us for them,
and as he Is a very wealthy man (we are told worth at
luaso £oO,OGO) we think His Majesty's Consul, if in-
s: ivc i r A hy ou, could easily force him to discharge his
liablli des t/O us witihout» rurbhor (l 0 lo,y. As you uro
a or 3 *V 0 hold o. dopooit, rroiu him of £600, which sum
was lodged with us as a security for the due fulfilment
of his contract, on the understanding that it should
be deducted from tho last invoice when the contract was
completed. We were, however. Induced by you to allow
this £600 to be deducted from the illegally obtained
•Turkestan" shipment.
Respecting the "mashona" shipment for Khan and
Jaffar amounting to about £3,400 (exclusive of
Jaffar's deposit of £700) we have received a letter from
His Majesty's Consul at Muscat dated November 26th
1913, saying that, so far, he has only sold goods to
the amount of £21. 4. 8. and you will readily understand
that at this rate of selling we shall not receive payment
In full for 25 to 30 years. The Consul further wrote as
follows