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'Matrah - Proposal to make it Port of Call for B.I. steamers instead of Muscat' [10r] (32/56)
The record is made up of 1 volume (21 folios). It was created in 22 Feb 1926-8 Jun 1926. 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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as arainst Es # 41 per "bag at DulDai. These figures @Yen if
absolutely correct which I do not admit would fail to ar^ue
a deflection of trade 300 miles tj camel or any other means
of transport. And to reduce the Muscat charges to zero would
which
not materially increase the volume of trade within Geograph
ical limits, Muscat already monopolises.
I.:r " illlfr? figures for 1'us cat are explained as
follows. Cost of landing ICQ hags of rice:-
(1) Landing. Charges Ss i' —. ^-O — —/ ■/ ** pei ^ ^g
(2) Boat hire to llatrah 20- 0 -0 - over ~/o/~ per
hag.
(3) Duty 5f . • 75- 0-0 - the usual ad
valorem duty
from which the
State draws its
revenues,
I will take these details in reverse order. Hr ills
suggests that (5) as an export tax should he very sensibly
reduced. There is in theory no export tax^In practice it
"becomes an export tax uu.t in reality it is camouflaged Zakat .
But Zakat in the present ruffled political state of the
country is incapable of being taken at the source. Goods of
indigenous orgin are taxed 5/£ on export in lieu of Zaxat «
There is no re-export tax on goods of foreign origin. To
adopt the measure (3) suggested by Mr.Wills would entail
a loss of 3
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of revenue and plunge the State into
irrevocable bankruptcy. Mr, 'wills in asking that luscat
should assimilate its taxes to those of Dubai would appear
to be innocent of a fundamental difference political and
governmental in the two States. Duoai is an isolated blad
ing port. The Muscat State is an organised government with
an extensive civil administration ? trained Army and State
Debt Liabilities with all the financial commitments that
this connotes, vre cannot contemplate with equanimity the
sudden cutting of half our revenue in order to get on .
1 all fours 1 fiscally with Dubai or some other similar
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Correspondence discusses the merits of developing the port at Matrah [Muţraḩ] as a port of call for British India steamers as opposed to Muscat. Correspondence notes that the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. wished to move trade away from Dubai; the development of Khasab was considered and the lowering of re-export duty in Muscat is also discussed.
A memorandum from Charles Wills of the Mesopotamia-Persia Corporation to Captain Stuart Horner, Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , sets out the case for the development of Matrah. A letter from Cyril Johnson Barrett, 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. , Muscat to Bernard Stuart Horner, Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , explains the winds and other advantages of Matrah to Muscat. A letter from Bertram Thomas, Financial Adviser to Major Cyril Johnson Barrett, 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. , Muscat, argues against the move. The correspondence notes that the proposal was dropped for the time being.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B.
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