"الملف 22/16‎ I‏ (A 41) مدينة جوادر، النفط، التنازل المقترح والملكية" [ظ‎‎٥‎٩] (٣٢٢/١٢٥)

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-ing Treaties with Mascat who would prefer any such clainr~
would be France* There is nothing to prevent Franc %4alinins
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such rights as Ramsay mentions, but, in view of. the principle
laid down by the Gov. of India ( vide next para ) it is ex-'
tremely unlikely that such a claim would ever come to any
thing.
In the first place we may,I think,. taKe it as pretty certain
that the present akiltan would not nesitate ika to refer the
question to us & iHi& leave the matter in our handsjB. ^ and in
the next the Gov. of India have already signified by a warning
conveyed te the late Sultan in 1902 ( Gov.of India letter No.
159 dated 4th.Sept. 1902 to Secretary of State ).their " det -'
ermination to prohibit any association of that portion of his
( the Sultan's) territory C Swadur ) with
and this determination has been approved & confirmed by the
Sec. of State for India X vide Seficet Letter No. 47 dated
21 :Nov. 1902 to the Gov. of India ).
It seems then that though the SultaJ? might find it dili-
icult to oppose a claim sucn as Ramsay mentions, we may ass-
- ume that, owing to the above mentioned determination of the
Gov. of India, no Foreign Power would ever be able to obtain
a foothold in Gwadur territory.
I will, as you suggest, cautiously convey to H.H., if necessary
the idea that Foreign interference in Gwadur would certainly
lead to its being taken away from him.
I will now reply to Ramsay T s questions (1) (3) & C4)
(1). Trade of Gw arinr for ^ years. .Trade figures for Gwadui
are not recorded separately in this office & consequently sep
arate statistics of trade between Mascat Gwadur are not ob
tainable. The Karachi Customs.Trade reports also do not re
cord separate trade stltistics for i^wadur.
A rough estimate, however, made in my office with.the assist
ance of Messr. Towell & Co. puts the total export & import
sea borne trade cetween ^waaur & ^as^at
at Rs. 30,000/ annually, made up as under s-
Py steamships
Imports from Gwadur to Mascat ^
Exports from Mascat to Gwadur
Other sundry trade with Gwadur R s_. 5000
Rs. 20000