ملف ٢٧٦٨/١٩١٣ "الاتجار بالأسلحة: مستودع مسقط؛ مطالبات الشركات البريطانية" [و‎‎٢‎٦‎٧] (٦٤٥/٥٣٩)

only thu moderate profit of 1C??.
11th. Mow considering that the French traders
were able to sell a largo lot cf their Impounded stocks
at an enormous profit and were paid by His Majesty's
Government for all their remaining stocks full value
plus 3C?o profit, you can Imagine our surprise at the
contents of a letter dated October 20th 1913 from His
Majesty*s Consul at Muscat, in which he says that he
will consider himself fortunate if he can remit the
valuo of our gooes - M&shona shipment - within 12
months from the as.to of his letter.
12th. Now, as British subjects, and considering
that we have never dons anything illagol in this
business, having always properly declared the ship
ments, we feel confident that you will not treat us in
a worse manner than foreign subjects, as our claim to
compensation is unquestionably much stronger than the
claims cf the French Merchants, who, as we have heart
at Muscat, are really blamed for any so called illeglt- |
imate trade. We would repeat that we have cone our {
trade always under special Peraits and openly, and
based on Treaty Rights. We also firmly believe tha
most, if not all, of our rifles and Ammunition wer
for