"الملف 35/86 II A 45 مسقط - المعاهدة التجارية لسنة ١٨٩١ ومراجعة المعاهدة سنة ١٩٢٢" [ظ‎‎٢‎٣‎٤] (٥٧٢/٤٧٦)

iiior© make it. clear that "tliis proposal is not made on account
qf any objection to "tlie conduct of an/ United. States Consj .1
at Zanzibar, but is merel/ designed to remove a special
exemption "which, is superfluous under the present settled
administration of the Protectorate.
(b) That they will not claim, in virtue of article II
of the Treaty, that United States citizens are free to import
into Zanzibar articles the importation of which is prohibited
by the Protectorate Government, always provided that such
prohibition does not discriminate against articles produceu
in the United States.
(c) That, in the event of the Government of Zanzibar
finding it desirable on grounds of public policy to fix
prices of food or other commodities, and always provided
that such price-fixing measures do not involve discrimination
against articles produced in the United States, tliey wij.1 not
regard as operative the clause in article II of the lbo5
Treaty prohibiting the establishment by the Suluan or his
officers of any fixed price on articles to be sola by
merchants of the United States, or on merchandise which the
latter may wish to purchase.
10. His Majesty's Government have hitherto regarded
themselves as at liberty to approve the increase by the
Zanzibar Government of rates of import auty into tae
Protectorate, in accordance with the spirit of tne convenuion
of St. Germain-en-Laye, the purpose of which was to revise
the restrictive provisions ol the earlier Act oi Berlin and
Declaration of Brussels so as to enable sufficient revenues
to be raised for the proper administration oi certain parts
of Africa in accordance with changed conditions and upon
modern lines. The United States were not parties to the
Act