'File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances' [‎130r] (267/440)

Ko. 485**0 of 1925.
British 1 esidenoy and Consulate-tieneraX,
Bushire, a .9th Beceraber 192b.
From
The Hon•ble Lieut-Gol. F, B., ^rideauo?, C.S.I. » C.I.K.,
Political UeBident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
To
The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
in the foreign and 'olitical Bepartraent.
HUBCAT yiHAHCES.
Sir,
I hiive the honour to refer to corre8i)ondence ending
with my predecessorletter No. 276»S., dated the eth August
1925, and to forward for the information of the Government of
India a copy of a letter Ho. 87, dated the 8th December 1925,
from the Political ^gent, Muscat, giving cover to a letter
from the Financial Adviser, Muscat Btate, with, which are
enclosed the Budget l.stimates of the State for the year 1926.
2. In paragraph 4 of Colonel Crosthwaite^ letter Bo.
276~B. > cited above^ stress was laid on the desirability of the
State's acquiring, as soon as it could afford to do so, a
satisfactory sea-worthy craft to r,eplace the *11*®** un-
-sea-worthy motor "cruiser H "SAIYIDIYAH". Mr. liomas,
the Financial Adviser, has succeeded in securing a purchaser
for the ,l SAIyII)IyAH , ^ and in view of the stronger financial
t
position of the State I have communicated my approval to the
purchase of the small patrol steamer which the State proposes
to acquire.
3, It will be seen from Mr. rhomas' Explanatory Hote
re-
that Ks. 95,480/-h& \ft been ear-marked towards the^payment of
the