"الإصلاحات في مسقط: الجمارك؛ الموارد المالية، والمفاوضات مع العُـمانيين" [و‎‎١‎٨‎١] (٥٠٨/٣٦٦)

I have the honour to return the copies of the three
agreerrients forwarded to me "by your letter Ho. 43/26/5356 of
the 31st December, 1919, and to call your attention to the /
fact that there appear to oe some inaccuracies in the trans-,
lation of the contracts viz: Para II, the last two words of
the Arabic have no meaning at all. It is presumed that the
word ( ) should have "been inserted between them.
Para IV, the last sentences in Arabic is a mistranslation
of the English,
ftiile drawing your attention to these inaccuracies, I
take it that the English Text is to be considered the
authoritative one # and it appears to me that the terms accorc
_td to the three Egyptian Officials are not very generous.
These officials will, if permanently engaged in ,uscat, be
struck off the list of the Egyptian Government officials
and it is not air to them that they should be liable .o
three months 1 dismissal-without reason given, i am ol
opinion that they sJfCKi should be engaged on a contract tue
terras of which should f^ive them security equal to that which
they held under the iflgypttan Government, and unless they
obtain these conditions, they will, in my opinion, be well
advised ±n returning to the Egyptian Government bervice,
I should be glad if you would bring my observations
to the proper quarter^
p H I have the honour c&e^c
3d. T, MA. GAUL AY,
Director General,
The Director,
Arab Bureau,
Cairo.
Copy to:- riivll Com?iissi