'Memorandum on Expenses of Zanzibar Consulate, &c.' [‎76v] (8/14)

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sultation with his colleagues, aud was not founded
on any official correspondence.
Notr .—It may be remarked that, in a letter to
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. , dated 17th March 1873, the
Foreign Office stated, with reference to the pro
posed appointment of an Assistant to Dr. Kirk,
that Lord Granville “ presumes that, as it is
“ arranged that a moiety of the expense of the
“ Zanzibar Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. is to be borne by Imperial
“ funds, this Department will be consulted
“ w ith regard to an Assistant to Dr. Kirk
“ before any such appointment is made.”
This course was subsequently pursued. See
Letters to Foreign Office, 28th March and
16th April 1873, and from Foreign Office, 25th
April 1873.
The letter from the Foreign Office, just received,
would seem to indicate that the Treasury are pre
pared to provide the necessary funds, so far, at any
rate, as the future is concerned; the exact words
used are as follows :—
“ With reference to that part of your letter of
7 th ultimo, which relates to a statement of accounts
between the Imperial and Indian Governments in
regard to the Zanzibar Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , I am directed by
the Earl of Derby to request that you will state to
the Marquis of Salisbury that, no provision having
hitherto been made in the Consular Estimates for
defraying any portion of the expenses connected
with the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate at Zanzibar, it has
not been possible to settle this matter with 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. .
‘•It is proposed, however, to submit for the
approval of the Treasury, in the estimates for
the ensuing year, a statement of the expenses con
nected with the suppression of the slave trade on
the East Coast of Africa, and it is intended to
include in this a statement of the share of the
expenses to be paid by the Imperial Government
in connexion with the Zanzibar Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and with
the view to enable Lord Derby to have this estimate
, framed, I am to request that you will move the
Secretary of State for India in Council to furnish
his Lordship with a detailed statement of the ex
penses of the Zanzibar Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and of the salaries
assigned to the persons comprising the staff of such
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .”
It will be observed that no reference is made in
this communication to the question of past expendi
ture, but it may be inferred that if the Imperial
Government admit their liability to bear a share of
future expenses at Zanzibar, that liability should
commence from the period when the matter was
originally settled as between the India and Foreign
Offices, that is, the commencement of 1870.
It may be useful, however, to recapitulate con
cisely how matters stand in respect of these
arrears.
Letter from
Foreign Office,
16th Nov. 1874