‘Muscat. Custom duties.’

Title:

‘Muscat. Custom duties.’

Date:

1845/1846

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-first in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the question of whether the authorities at Muscat are entitled to claim payment of half duty on the cargo brought by a British vessel but transhipped there for another port, and also whether they can demand customs on goods landed at Muscat by two ships which, though bound for another port, have put into Muscat as a result of unfavourable weather conditions.The item contains a table of contents (ff 453-454), and the title page (f 452) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 21’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 9 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 452 and terminates at f 463, 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 file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Customs duty

Geographic region:

Muscat

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098591852.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098591852.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2174/105566
IOR/F/4/2174/105566

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