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'Matrah - Proposal to make it Port of Call for B.I. steamers instead of Muscat' [16r] (44/56)
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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MESOPOTAMIA PERSIA CORPORATION. LTD..
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Many thanks for your letter ]X)/l69 -S of the 15th instant,
sending me a copy of Major Barrett's letter and of Mr. Thomas* re
port on the proposals put forward in my Memorandum I sent you thro*
Spenoe,
I fully realise that a change from Muscat to Mutrah would
involve a large expenditure to the Indian Qovernment and make their
present "buildings at Muscat of little value seeing that none of the
mercantile community would reside in Huscat^ I am still of opinicn
and gather that Colonel Prideaux and Major Barrett hold the same
view, that it would be in the interests of the Government of Oman
to make the change.
As regards Mr, Thomas 1 comments, if you will excuse me
saying so, I think he has rather dril ^fted from the subject and that
he has lost sight of the probability that the Oman Government would
receive a very much larger revenue on increased imports by a gre^t®
demand from the interior if they reduced the initial expenses on
goods by cutting out the Muscat -Hut rah transport and transhipment
expenses# Further, a reduction in the tariff for re-exported
oar go would also bring in revenue which the Government does not
receive at present, and which Dubai and other Gulf ports cater for.
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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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