'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [‎202r] (413/546)

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resignation.
recoiamendation is approved, it is necessary
to consxder the ^rrangeiaents to be made for the future# Captain
Alban is proceeding shortly to Muscat to officiate as Political
Agent, ile held the dual appointment of Commandant of the
Levies and financial Adviser during 1923 for over a year, and
later in 1925 he officiated as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. # .During this
period he gained a very wide knowledge of the state. He has
travelled extensively through the whole area within which the
writ of Muscat runs, and knows the country and the people,
and has also a thorough knowledge of the system of administra*
tion. Further, he is an officer of exceptional zeal and
energy,
15* I consider it undesirable in principle that the
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. should combine the duties of Financial Adviser f
though, j . believe, that in practice, when Mr.Wlngate was
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. there, he did exercise a very large measure
of financial control. I propose therefore, subject to the
approval of the Government of India, to inform the Council
that it will not be possible to find a Financial Adviser at
♦»e, but that Captain Alban, whom they already know well, will
assist them with his advice while acting as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. #
In the autumn when Saj or J^owle resumes the pppointment of
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. I would recommend that Captain Alban should be
appointed Financial Adviser and should also as a trial measure,
at any rate, command the levies# A» stated above he has
exceptional qualifications for these posts and has already
combined these two functions for more than a year, and I am
convinced that he will perform the work efficiently and with
great keenness and zeal and, ii any one can restore the state 1
to a condition of solvency, I am confident that it is he.
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