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'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [185r] (379/546)
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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rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, to realize that a mere matter of two or threi—
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laldis is 01 vital Importance to a small State such
lluscat* I wish to assure you that the Council regards
with considerable alarm the country's growing indebted
ness, and is at a losfc to understand the Government of
India 1 s attitude in the matter of the Levy budget. For
a bankrupt State to ask for no more than a 16% reduction
(a reduction ox 39% has just been sanctioned by the
Council on the crew ol the State 1 s gunboat) on the
average expenditure of the last two years seems to me a
most moderate demand., the more so as the economies can
be effected by pruning- extravagances which ought not to
have been allowed to exist, and will neither reduce
the numbers ol the force nor impair In any way its
military efficiency.
I ha\e now spent three months and ten days in trying
to okj lain tiie sane cion ol the Government of India to
what I contiider essential for the realization of my
retrenchment sheme. Anything short of this will not
enacle cue Staoe to pay its way# At present I seem to
*-• e as xax ^iorii success as I was at tne beginning® In
the circumstances it seems to me that I am doing no
good to myself or to the Government I serve by remaining
in charge of Fuscat 1 s finances while my financial advice
is consistently disregarded by the Government of India*
i see no other course open to me than reluctantly to
tender rny resignation from today^s date.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/~ S.S.Hedgeock.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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