"الملف 35/85 IV A 11 التحكيم الخاص بمراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط" [ظ‎‎٣‎٥] (٤٩٢/٦٩)

fly "Dhe French flag was given "Do each and every owner
once for all, "Dhati is t,o say for every dhow of which
he might. subsequent,ly become t.he possessor ; whereas
I hold, in accordance with instructions received, "that,
authorisation was given in regard to individual dhows
only. M. Laronce professes to be unable to inform me
as to the date on which each individual dhow obtained
its first titre de navigation.
Monsieur Laronce maintains that his Government
will be obliged to insist not only upon their views in
regard to point (i) oeing accepted oy us, out also
that each authorised dhow owner should oe allowed to
replace any dhow at present in his possession of which
he might subsequently become dispossessed by sale or
by loss.
Monsieur Laronce wishes not only that all the
owners named in the list presented by him to me on
the 4th March last should preserve authorisation to
fly French flags, but that all the dhows named in his
list should be registered as oeing the property of the
persons against whose names they have been entered.
As a result of careful enquiry I have found (1) that
some of the dhow owners are not, according to our view,
entitled to authorisation as they do not actually
possess a dhow-at the present time; and (2) that many
of the dhows are not the property of the persons
against whose names they have oeen entered.
Monsieur Laronce has not accepted the views of
His Majesty's Government in regard to the four subjects
i
of His Highness the Sultan for whom protection in Zan
zibar has been obtained by the French according to the
Anglo-French agreement of ISth May 1904 (Nos.17 - 20
in the French list above referred to). He has refer
red this point to his Government.
Owners Nos.3 and IS in the French list might,
in my opinion, be regarded as French proteges in Oman;
but