'Memorandum No 1. Zanzibar Agency and Consulate Expenses'

Content

A printed memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , 17 August 1876.

The first part of the document is a claim of expenses for an annual subsidy of 40,000 crowns from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Sultan of Muscat as compensation for the abandonment of his claims upon Zanzibar, which was paid by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat for the period 1870-1877, including a summary of payments made between May 1873 and February 1877.

The second part of the document contains a claim for the expenses of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate at Zanzibar, including: salary of Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Second Assistant and interpreters, furlough allowances and charge for interest on Government buildings.

Extent and format

1 file (4 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 88 and terminates at f 91, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B14a

History of this record

Date(s)

17 Aug 1876 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Colonial administrationZanzibar subsidy

Places

Zanzibar

People & organisations

Political Agent and Consul, MuscatSultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyIndia Office, Assistant Secretary to the Political and Secret Department,Sultan of ZanzibarZanzibar Political Agency and Consulate

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