'Memorandum No 1. Zanzibar Agency and Consulate Expenses' [‎91r] (9/10)

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Salary of Political Agp:nt .—India
Office, 1 ,980/.; Foreign Office, 1,680/.
Second Assistant .—India Office, 540/.
Interpreters .—India Office (final esti
mate), 1,600/. ; Foreign Office, 1,000/.
Furlough Allowances.
Charge for Interest on Government
Buildings.
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too high.-
-I believe these figures to be much
■A. W. M.
1871, quoted at pages 6 and 7 of Mr. Wollaston's
memorandum, may be referred to.
Argument, however, is really not required to
show the inequitable character of the foreign
Office suggestion.
As regards the details of the existing establish
ment, to which the Foreign Office object, a few
words are necessary. In December 1874 we sent
in to the Foreign Office an estimate of the cost of
the Consulate for 1875-76 (afterwards amended),
amounting to 6,941^. This exceeded the amount
of their estimate submitted to the Treasury by
1,861?. The chief points of difference were as
follows:—
We put down Dr. Kirk's actual salary as a 1st
Class 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. in the 4th Class of Political
appointments under the Government of India, plm '
the local allowance attached to the appointment of
Agent at Zanzibar. He might have been replaced
by an officer of inferior rank; but his own salary
could not be reduced.
The Eoreign Office do not provide for this appoint
ment, the idea being that the duty should be done
by the Civil Surgeon. This idea may or may not
be practicable. Until it is carried out, the Assistant
actually employed, on the recommendation of Sir B.
Frere, must be paid.
Sir B. Prere originally proposed an expenditure
of 2,044^. on this account for an establishment on
the following scale, viz., 2 at 8^. a day; 8 at 6«. a
day; 16 at Ss. a day. 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. after
wards recommended a revised scale of establishment
costing 1,600/., as follows:—8 at 6s. a day; 16 at
35. a day. This last is the scale adopted in our
estimate. If the full staff has not been, in practice,
employed, the expenditure will, of course, fall short
of the estimate.
We proposed to charge the Poreign Office with
400/. on this account. They have not included it
in their estimate, or noticed it in any way. I am
inclined to think it is a charge which will not
occur, as an officer on leave draws only a portion
of his pay, the balance going to his locum tenens.
In any case, it will not be an annual charge.
We' estimate the share of the Imperial Govern
ment at 225/.,—the Foreign Office at only 120/.
Our estimate is based on the cost of all the build
ings, old and new; the Foreign Office take the
cost of the new buildings only.
Any further observations in regard to these and
other details are unnecessary. We do not claim
from the Imperial Government an arbitrary amount,
but merely the refund of one half of our actual ex
penditure. Details of that expenditure can no
doubt be rendered up to March 1876, with very
little delay, though the probable disbursements for
the current year can, of course, only be estimated.
The items included in the various Statements sent
in to the Foreign Office make up a claim on this
branch of the account of 14,663/.* ; this sum will
be increased by the end of the current financial