‘Muscat. Customs levied at Kurrachee on Vessels from the Imaum’s Dominion.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Customs levied at Kurrachee on Vessels from the Imaum’s Dominion.’
- Date:
- 1845/1845
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 4 June 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item contains a letter, dated 3 April 1845, written by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muskat [Muscat], to the Government of Bombay. He confirms that, as per his instructions, he has passed on the message to the Imam that, at the port of Curachee [Karachi] since February 1843, duty is now charged at the same rate on vessels from the Imam's territories as it is on ‘British Bottoms’ [goods carried on British ships].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 11’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 62’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 507, and terminates at f 509, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Exports
Customs duty - Geographic region:
- Curachee
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098435477.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098435477.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2122/100086
IOR/F/4/2122/100086