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of Government of Muscat and is advised on
Quarantine Medical Officer Persian Gulf.(,M)
fee of Rs. 5/- per head from persons arrivi
quarantine station a few miles south of Muscat,
a month to the Quarantine Medical Officer.
105. The Sultan has not adhered to the E
of 1926 but has agreed to follow generally
Sanitary Regulations with certain reservation
Organisation proposed to write to him asking h
these Regulations to Muscat but it is not knowr
raised objections to the issue of International h
Officer in charge of the hospital but the practice -
106. The Muscat Charitable Hospital wl
known as either the Agency or the Consulate He
Sultan, Saiyid Faisal, donated the land, the C
Rs. 20,000 and a sum of Rs. 40,000 was obta
merchants. Faisal publicly laid the founds
Government of India paid the staff and supplie
maintenance of the building and of any impi
subscriptions and a contribution of Rs. 1,200/
hospital fund was about Rs. 20,000 in credit whe
over responsibility for the Persian Gulf Residenc
107. Since then Her Majesty’s Governmen
from any financial commitment in respect of C
grudgingly to support it. In 1951 the Sultan
contribution, which he had not paid for .three
years-C11*) He then announced his intention of bui
preparing some plans has done nothing in this d
as his contribution is continued and expenditure o
can be met from the funds already in hand or by
Majesty’s Government are unlikely to have to sp
on the hospital and quarantine service combined
in charge of both the hospital and quarantine s
quarantine allowance from the Sultan he rece
Rs. 150/-a month for attendance on the Muscat Ir
of the same amount from the Muscat-Matrah
Health Officer.
(k) Nationality and Pc
108. There is no nationality law in Musi
foreigner can only become a Muscat subject t
Sultanate passport. At the time of the transfer o:
600 Hindus and 1,200 Khojas and Aghakhanis in
were treated as British subjects or protected perse
had their roots in India have all adopted Indian
the most part have been domiciled in Sultanate te
hesitating to adopt either Muscat or Pakistan
obtain recognition as citizens of the United Kingci
which few of them appear to be eligible at presen
109. The Sultanate issues its own passpor
British passport issuing officers authority to grant
to Her Majesty’s full jurisdiction (paragraph 85
Muscat Government. In all other cases a referer
Government unless the applicant hojds a no
Government or a valid residential permit stamped
refused to adhere to an informal agreeP1601 reach
whereby a subject of one ShaikhdoP1 ™ay
obtaining a visa provided he is in possessi?n of
only agreed to permit subjects of the Trucial Shs
first obtaining visas. In 1952 he issued an order (
territory must register with the police °T other h
arrival.
(,M) P.R. to F.O. 17943/12/52 of Novem£Lr '952
(,4T) P.R. to F.O. 17943/14/52 of Decern*®^.’ r1952'
("•) P.R. to F.O. 17910/28/51 of May 16* 1