"الملف 35/87 VI A. 38 الإصلاحات والجمارك والشؤون المالية في مسقط" [و‎‎٩] (٤٤٠/٢١)

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Ruling family will result in a slight savins on that item.
Sayud Saeed has not spent auite as much up till now as
usual and the administrative oharges show a decrease of
over Es.1,000 due mainly to Sahar teing differently account
-ed for as explained ahove.
Customs contingencies are down at present "by a con-
-siderahle sum due mainly to repairs to Buildings not
having Iseen carried out; Military expenditure shows a
saving of Es.8,000 - in part due to the saving on the
Commandant' s pay during the period between Captain Allan's
departure and the arrival of Captain Eccles and partly to
less capital expenditure during the first half of the
year on eauipment etc.for the Muscat Infantry. There a is
also a small saving on the pay of the personnel as numbers
have "been cut down to nearly two hundred.
Miscellaneous and Sahar Doth show up "badly.The re-
-marls on these items as appeared on the revenue side
apply tier© also,
Zakat claims have "been extinguished and this item
will not appear in futureo
The Police sch'me has fallen through and will not he
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proceeded with for the present#
5. The position under the prevailing conditions is
not too unsatisfactory hut as the statements show we are
1 iving ^from' hand to mouth and the effect of abolishing
the post of Financial Adviser has not yet "been felt.
The Minister of -Finance ,Sayed Mahomed "bin Hamad is oom-
-pletely illiterate and any accurate arithmetical state-
-msnt is entirely heyond him hut 1 have had considerable
assistance from Islander Bffendi the Egyptian Director
of Customs and also from Syed Liaaat Ali the Treasury
Officer, The former has "been a tower of strength since
he "became Director and it is safe to say that without
his energy and pro"bity of character the entire cusyOm^
fabric,and with it the main revenue of the State,would
collapse*