"الملف 35/85 IV A 11 التحكيم الخاص بمراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط" [ظ‎‎١‎٩‎٤] (٤٩٢/٣٧٩)

St.aXie for Foreign Affairs on Ci/h August 1907 and par-os of x«he
French despaiiCh of Siih November 1906, remarking iihax. I had
nothing x»o conceal, and x,hat. our GovernmeniiS were evidentily
anxious for a seiz-olementi i»o oe arrived at. as soon as possible.
As a sequel to t»his interview I received on the 20th
January an aanended list of dhows and dhow owners, which, as will
be seen from the correspondence, I succeeded in inducing Monsieur
Laronce to reduce still further. This list as it now stands is
satisfactory, particularly as one or two of the persons named
therein are said to be only awaiting the publication of the
necessary permission to resign their authorisation.
4.- The proclamation submitted herewith in English and
Arabic is sufficieni/ly brief and contains all the information
necessary to define the conditions of authorisation to fly the
French flag. It has been drawn up to the satisfaction of His
Highness the Sultan and the French Consul, and I trust will have
the approval of the Government of India and yourself, in which
ease I respectfully request the favour of being supplied with
100 printed copies of the Arabic version for circulation in Oman.
Monsieur Laronce and I do not consider it necessary that the
proclamation should be countersigned by us.
5.- The Sultan is much pleased with the settlement
arrived at, and regards with satisfaction the prospect of a
cessation of the worry and annoyance which he has experienced in
the past in connection with this question.
6.- These final negociations and the preparation of the
necessary documents have oeen somewhat delayed by my having been
indisposed.
7.- Copies of this letter and its enclosures have been
forwarded to the Government of India in the Foreign Department
and, in accordance with the instructions contained in the
telegram from the"Government of India in the Foreign Department
of the 29th November 1905, a copy of enclosure No.10 has been
despatched