'Memorandum on Expenses of Zanzibar Consulate, &c.' [‎77r] (9/14)

Letter from
Foreign Office,
18th Oct. 1872,
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Letter from
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18th Oct. 1872.
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Letter to Foreign
Office, 28th Oct.
1872.
Telegram from Bombay, llth August 1872.
“ Four years and a half subsidy due. No money in
hand, but Rs. 22,850 paid by us for Sultan to
Turki have yet to bo recovered. Last payment re
ceived 6th May 1868.”
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Letter from
Foreign Office,
18th Oct. 1872.
First, as regards the subsidy from Zanzibar to
Muscat.
When Sir Bartle Frere was despatched on a
special mission to Zanzibar (1872), he received
a letter of instructions signed by Earl Granville, as
representing the Imperial Government, authorizing
him, amongst other things, to “ give the Sultan
“ (Zanzibar) such assurances as may satisfy him
“ that the payment of the subsidy will not be
“ enforced against him, &c., &c. * * * On
“ the other hand, you are empowered, on similar
“ conditions, to give similar assurances to the Ruler
“ of Muscat, that the amount to which he may be
“ entitled under the aforesaid award will be regu-
“ larly paid to him from Her Majesty’s Treasury at
“ Bombay. ,,
The instructions as above were forwarded by the
Foreign Office 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. , with a request
that Lord Granville might be informed whether the
Duke of Argyll “ concurred in the drafts in question,
" or had any observations or suggestions to make
" in regard to them.” v
Whereupon His Grace replied, * * * “ In
“ common with all the members of Her Majesty’s
“ Gpvernment, the Duke of Argyll takes the
“ warmest interest in all that relates to the sup-
“ pression of the East African slave trade, but it is
«* with the political and commercial interests in-
« volved in the relations of the Rulers of Muscat
«« and Zanzibar with the Indian Government and
“ with each other that this Department is princi-
“ pally concerned. And I am to acquaint you, for
“ the information of Lord Granville, that His Grace
♦* fully approves of the instructions which his Lord-
« ship has issued on these important points, with
« such additions or alterations as are noted in the
“ margin of the drafts submitted to him. His Grace
« would, however, observe that, with respect to the
“ payment of the subsidy covenanted to be dis-
« bursed by the Ruler of Zanzibar to the Ruler of
“ Muscat, there are considerable arrears, under the
« old award of 1861, to the latter State. The
« Duke of Argyll has lately obtained from the Go-
« vernment of Bombay information upon this sub-
“ject, the details of which are annexed, and it
« cannot be doubted that the question of the pay-
« ment of those arrears is one which at an early
« period will be brought before Sir B. Frere. The
“ Duke of Argyll would, therefore, desire to be in-
“ formed whether, in the opinion of Lord Granville^.
“ a paragraph relating to this topic should be intro-
“ duced into the general letter of instructions, or
“ whether there should be a separate instruction on
“ this subject to Sir B. Frere.” * * *
No reply was sent by the Foreign Office to this
letter, nor does either of the above suggestions
appear to have been carried out.
Again, in replying to a letter from the Foreign
Office, requesting His Grace to defray from the
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