"الإصلاحات في مسقط: الجمارك؛ الموارد المالية، والمفاوضات مع العُـمانيين" [و‎‎٦‎٤] (٥٠٨/١٣٢)

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plfces have to face nowadays,
Tne essence of the proposals i that they
- hould te eapaole of immediate adoption. If there i an
Agency Surgeon who can be sent to Muscat at once - and 1
cannot say that his presence is nece-B"ry nov, except ior
political reasons - the question 01 -upplying the oiitic, 1
^vgent with other assistance in the form of a saeetted
officer is of course seryed. On the other <hand if there is
not the position rem' ins as before.
As regords the duties (2) ^ ! - ^ ^
would point out that daring the present Deputy PoliUOi.l
Resident's time at Kuocat the Treasury receipts and expend-
-ilure averaged nsRp30,000/- per men err.. It is however tno
duties under (1) that I venture to suggest are increasing
and must increase. The possible appointment of a European
officer in the service of the Sultan would of course relieve
the political .-.gent of a certain amount of work. But it is
essential that this officer should preserve very strictly
the attitude of being in the Sultan's service and not in
the British Government's. This will preclude his evet w t-
-ing a 5 assistant, or as substitute for the I olitioal Agent
when the latter is away. Vhile the troops/ are here i «*w
m«y be possible to get an officer to carry out the routine
duties on such occasions. But it i not likely th .t >-tj
will be here for always and the great difficulty will arise
in such oases# C
I venture to submit that should iw ct, po sibl
to appoint an officer of the Gazetted officer Part II
staoiard with some Judicial powers this difficulty would be
removed. 1 do not think it would be worth while appointing
a British officer unless he wao very junior and the appoint-
-ment was regarded in the li ght of trainin fe . in which case
the -alary would not be a charge against the ».u3oat office.
It is from this point of economy that 1 make this su^geetioi
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