HC Deb 14 March 1899 vol 68 c779
SIR SEYMOUR KING (Hull, Central)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the Post Office at Muscat is a branch of the Indian Post Office; and why the boon of penny postage has not been granted to British residents there?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA

It is true that the Post Office at Muscat is worked as a branch of the Indian Post Office, but the Imperial penny postage scheme is intended for correspondence between the various portions of the British Empire, among which Muscat cannot be included.