"الملف 35/85 III A 10 مسألة الأعلام الفرنسية" [ظ‎‎١‎٧] (٦١٠/٤٥)

oulars of tihe dhow owners. I will endeavour t>o forwai^p a st.at»e~
menx. oy next» mail*
4.- fltih reference t.o t»he therms of t.he award I would
ask whether. In t.he case of persons who were not» under French
prot«ect»ion prior t.o 186 ,r Dut» were authorised oy France t>o fly her
flag before January 2nd I8fe8, t»he aut»horlsat»ion is held t»o havn
Deen given in respect# of (1) a31 the dhows possessed oy tihe owner
or (S) particular dhows only ; and if the latter, whether a dhow
which has oeen destroyed or become worn out is allowed to be re
placed and the ^Vench f!!ag transmitted to It ? ^rom paragraph
(S) of the award I infer that authorisation Is held to be In a
general sense, whereas paragraph (R) clearly points to its being
considered to relate to certain dhows only. Beyond this the
terms present no difficulty to me except that the inviolability
of the authorised dhows in the territorial waters of Oman might
lead occasionally to unpleasant Incidents# I do not however
anticipate any trouble either for myself or my successors so long
as Monsieur Laronce remains In Muscat. Paragraph (^) is most
excellent, covering as It does by far the most important point,
6,- I may ooserve that the award is very favourably
regarded in fuscat, and His Highness the Buitan has aire dy
expressed his satisfacoion at the general result of tfce aroitratic
6.- A oopy of this letter will be forwarded to the
Political Resident in the Persian ^ulf, rfushire.
I have etc,,
( Signed). W..CK C t HEY . Major.
Offg: Political Agent & H.B.M/s Consul,
M U SUA?.