"الملف 35/87 VI A. 38 الإصلاحات والجمارك والشؤون المالية في مسقط" [و‎‎٦‎٥] (٤٤٠/١٣٧)

number of men and officers as suggested in the oase of the
uovemment steamer.
The former would only be possible at considerable intervals
and is a matter for the political Department,
The Sailing craft would be an expensive item as it would
be able to bake so few trips in the year and much time would
be wasted at Sea which could be spent much more profitably by
the Director General on shore» The scope of such a native craft
would be very limited and would often destroy the surprise
nature of a vlsi"^, as information would reach the outports
before the sailing crafto It would alB(3 be unsuitable from a
military point of view as it might take many days to carry men
or stores to the distant ports 0
The nature of the Uoast line and the number of different
tribes and local feuds etc. renders any sufficient system of
shore imtrols very difficult and in places impossible« It would
require too many men to be profitable.
All that can be done in this direction on land is for Local
Directors to make patrols from tine to time as far as possible
and also to obtain what information they can as to whether any
unauthorized landing or shipping takes place, vor this pnrpotJe
the headmen of coastal villages should render every possible
assistance and should be rewarded for any cases which the7/ bring
to lights
In order that the Director General of Customs may have all
possible information of cargo carried by native craft and be
able to exercise some check thereon arrangements have been
made with the Customs authorities in British India and Busrah
to send to Muscat copies of manifests of native craft clearing 1
for Oman ports 0 I have made similar arrangements with the
Persian Customs authorities<,
Zanzibar and Aden are being asked to do this also.
In the case of native craft declaring cargo as shipped for
different destinations a further safeguard is necessary to
prevent manifest, being taken out for, say, 100 packages only
for