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'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [110r] (229/546)
The record is made up of 1 volume (273 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1927-27 Apr 1930. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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eeeential tnst the Council sho (Id be Btrsngthened and.
restored to it£3 former numbers and recovfaend that His High
ness the Sultan should "be InTited to noBilnate two other
membeTB to the Council* The heir apparent, with whois 1
discussed the matter this morning, informed me that it was
difficult to find suitable persons to serve on the Council;
at the same time he fully agreed as to the desirability of
adding two additional niemfcers, and I hope the difficulty
will not prove insuperable.
6# I further recommend that the Financial Adviser
should not be a member of the Council* He will then have
ample time to devote to the re-organization of the finances
of the State, but will not interfere in local politics or
in internal affairs which do not involve expenditure* At
the same time it will clearly be necessary to establish
a modus Vivendi between the Council and the Financial Adviser
as regards the control of financial matters. I suggest
therefore th t the Financial Mviser should present the
budget to the Council in December each year ( the Btate
financial year coincides with the calendar year ) and thst
it Should then after discussion be passed by the Council;
should disagreements arise I have no doubt that they could
be composed by the friendly advice of the i clitic id Agent*
Once the budget has been passed then the Council should not
be empowered to incur any expenditure not provided for in the
budget except with tne advice end concurrence of the Financial
Mviser* On the other hand the Financial Mviser shofeld not
be entitled to raise salaries or incur expenditure not pro
vided for in the budget except with the concurrence of the
Council* ' ayid -aid Informed me this morning ^
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Most of the correspondence relates to the appointment of a Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Letters discuss Bertram Thomas role as Financial Adviser and his replacement by Stuart Edwin Hedgcock. Also discussed is Thomas' crossing of the Rub al Khali; possible recruitment of British officers in Iraq; proposals that Captain Robin Williams George Stephens should act as Financial Adviser; other topics include the Sultan of Muscat's [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] visit to Europe and improvements of the customs administration at Sur.
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- 1 volume (273 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order. The file also has an index at the front.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 4-251; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Foliation errors: 3 and 3A; 94 and 94A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/452
- Title
- 'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:93v, 94ar:94av, 94r:267v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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