'File 11/1 VI Muscat Administration Reports and related correspondence' [‎2r] (3/56)

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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
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7 y dear 3ir Rupert, V-'
/oods-Ballard tells me that the Sultan has ^ust decided
to make a grant for a five year plan separate from the normal
administrative budget to Ifqplement Hartley’s report, The amount
of the grant has not yet been given nor have I been told whether
the plan will, after all, be put into effect around Sohar or
nearer Muscat.
2, The Sultan also seems much more disj osed to see Bosworth
making journeys here, and may agree to some weekly arrangement,
5m On the subject of lighterage, I gather Malcolm of Gray
^aokenzie*s met with no success (though a kindly reception) when
he was granted an interview with the Sultan, The B.I«S,Xi, Have, I
fear, weakened their case by reducing their calls at LUsoat and
thereby indicating that the voluma of cargo 14 diminishing, 1
understand from Grant that he was against this, but it seems the
revised sehedu le may even have been his device, I do not know.
but I feel tl-wat they might have been franker with me of their
intention (or rather decisions as it seems) for I was still plugging
the case for compelling the contractor to Increase lighterage, or
alternatively, let others in on the monopoly.
4, Am regards mails and passengers, only two calls a week
ship should now
Hi, ExoaUSnoy Sir Rupert U«y, K.C.I.K., O.S.I.
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. ,
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