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'File 12/1 III Cable and Wireless Ltd' [51r] (101/156)
The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1950-25 Nov 1950. 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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( )) The Company will ({ive to the Sultan prowptly after the en^
of each month particular a of all peraona who Jiave become
or ceased to be subscribers to the public telephone service
during such month.
(%) The Coapany will stipply to each subscriber free of charee
a copy of the Telephone directory printed in both Arabic
and 8& cllah.
(^) The Go&pnny win undertake to train amt employ suitable
subjects of the -ultan for op rating the taler hone
system aa far as is possible and will afford reasonable
facilities for two ultanate eaployees to study the
installation, operation ant maintenance of the telerhone
system.
(6) The Company will install and work the Automatic Telephone
i ystem not later than twentyfour calendar aontha frw
tne date of this Grant.
(j^) The Company wii' provide the facilities and charge the
tariffs ftet out in the attached indenture.
(5) The Ooupany will not in^reaae its charges without
peraisalon of the hiltan.
() As from the expiration of the third year after the
opening of the public telephone service the Company will
(if and so long as required so to do) pay to the Sultan
a tax on the rentals charged to subscribers at such rate
not exceeding I per cent of such rentals as the Fuller
shsII direct. In tne event of Mich tax being iaposed the
Company shall be entitled to col ect the amount thereof
from the subscribers by way >f Increase of rental or
otherwise but so that such increa ie sh*l not itself be
deemed to form part of the rentals for the purpose of
C‘ ameiutt )f the tax.
(iv) Subject as provided, above the Company shall be exempt
frois any special taxation (including taxation on capital
and assets outside the bultan’s ter itoriea) other than
the payment of any general rates or taxes which may now
be in force or which may at any future date be imp>sed
in the Sultan's territories. If any general tax on income
or profits is introduced in the Sultan's territories to
which the Company becomes liable such tax shall be charged
on the net profits (not on the gross revenue) derived by
the Ooapany froii* the operation of the said public
telephone service and not on tne profits from any other
portion of the Company’s operations in tne .ultan's
territories the mount of such net profits to be certified
in case of doubt or dispute by independent auditors
agreeable both to the Buitan an to the Company.
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The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.
The papers include: draft of a Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Licence between the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Cable and Wireless Limited; draft and agreed versions of the Muscat-Muttrah Telephone Licence between the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Cable and Wireless Limited; related correspondence, including letters from the Overseas Telecommunications Department of the General Post Office, London, summarising the position which the negotiations over the Company's concession had reached; correspondence concerning a site for the Company's Exchange, including a plan of the Muscat Consulate Compound and Adjacent Buildings, 1948 (folio 77), showing the Company's proposals to take over and extend an existing building there; and correspondence between the Ministry of Works, Middle East, 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. , Muscat, and the Company, concerning the lease of buildings to the Company from the British Government.
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- 1 file (76 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 78; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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 previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/6/405
- Title
- 'File 12/1 III Cable and Wireless Ltd'
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- 49r:54v, 70r:75v
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