فرض حكومة مسقط الضرائب على الرعايا البريطانيين وموظفيهم في مسقط [ظ‎‎٦‎١‎٥] (١٠/٦)

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Persian Gulf, and, in reply, to communicate the orders of the Viceroy and
Governor-General in Council on the three points raised in this correspondence,
viz. :—
]_stly .—Is protection to be accorded to an Arab subject in the service of a
British subject when the latter resides elsewhere than in Muscat ?
%idly .—Does the hitherto practical exemption of British subjects from
taxation entitle them to claim exemption as a right, though by the Treaty suclg
exemption has not been secured for them ?
%rdly. If British subjects be exempted from taxation, are their employes,
whether Arab subjects or others, also entitled to claim exemption ?
2. As regards the first question, I am to observe that Article 4 of the
Treaty of 1839 is perfectly explicit on this point, and that the decision of the
Bombay Government, conveyed in Besolution No. 4677, dated 30th September
1871, is in accordance therewith.
3. As to the second question, it appears that exemption has practically
been allowed for many years, and His Excellency in Council, therefore, sees no
necessity for deciding a hypothetical case. If the Muscat Government should
assert their right to tax British subjects, it will then be time enough for the
Political Agent to refer the matter for instructions.
4. In regard to the third question, I am to state that the servants of
British subjects have clearly no claim to exemption from taxation, and the
Political Agent should not interfere in the cases that have been referred to him.
tha.—T, y.