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control of the export of this ammunition to the Persian littoral has become a matter of
special political and military importance/ has lost none of its force, and the single fact
that the Island of Bahrein under British protection should have been silently used as a
depot for arms of precision emphasises the need for increased vigilance in the future.”
Rules and Regulations for the Registration of arms and ammuni­
tion at Maskat.
44. Whereas it is necessary to the due observance of articles 6, 7, 13 and 18 of the
d u .... Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation,
Pro. No. 471. ibxd. concluded at Maskat on the lyth March, 189.,
between Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His
Highness Seyyid Feysul*bin-Turki, Sultan of Maskat, and for the peace, order and good
government of Her Majesty’s subjects, being within the dominions of the Sultan of Maskat,
his heirs and successors to know accurately what arms and ammunition are possessed in
or imported into or sold within the said dominions of Her Majesty's subjects.
Now, therefore, Her Majesty’s Consul at Maskat, in exercise of the power and autho­
rity vested in him by article I of the Maskat Order in Council, dated the 4th November
1867, has made the following Rules and Regulations for the registration of arms and am­
munition by Her Majesty's subjects, within the said dominions, and hereby give notice
that the said Rules and Regulations shall, in the absence of any notification to the con­
trary, come into force on and after the completion of one calendar month from this date
I.
Every subject of Her Majesty who now are hereafter has or becomes possessed of any
arms or ammunition in the dominions of the Sultan of Maskat or who imports any arms or
ammunition into the said dominions, shall, without unreasonable delay, furnish to Her
Majesty’s Consul at Maskat a true and complete list and description of all such arms and
ammunition. Such lists and descriptions shall be in such form as the said Consul may,
from time to time, require.
II.
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Every subject of Her Majesty who sells or otherwise parts with any arms or ammuni­
tion in the dominions of the Sultan of Maskat, shall without an unreasonable delay, furnish
to Her Majesty’s Consul at Maskat a true and correct statement showing the number of
arms or amount of ammunition sold or parted with and the name and address of the person
or persons to whom the said arms and ammunition have been transferred.
Such statements shall be in such-form as the said Consul may, from time to time,
require.
III.
Her Majesty's Consul shall be the sole judge as to what constitutes unreasonable delay
in furnishing such list and description or such statement as aforesaid.
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IV.
Any subject of Her Majesty who fails or unreasonably delays to give such true and
com plete list and description or to furnish such true and correct statement as aforesaid,
shall be liable, on conviction, before Her Majesty's Consul at Maskat, to a fine not exceed­
ing 500 dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 calendar months. I
British Consulate, Maskat, ) (Sd.) C. G. F. FAGAN,
The 24th September 1898. Her Britannic Majesty's Consult Maskat.

Leakage of Government Ammunition from Her Majesty’s Ships, 1899.
45. It having transpired, in connection with the seizure of a quantity of
Government ammunition in the Maskat
Pro., Secret E., March 1899, Nos. bazaar, that leakage has taken place from
790—818. some j|er Majesty’s ships in the Persian
Gulf by way of interpreters, the Government of India writing under date the 6th
March 1899, pointed out to the Naval
Pro. No. 817.
Commander-in-Chief, that in view of the
efforts being made to prevent the importation of modern arms and ammunition
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