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CYPRUS.
revenue over expenditure during last five years to be paid by England to the
Porte, but that, as the annual revenue of the island is increasing yearly, any
excess over the average should be paid to the Porte ; and that if Kussia gives
up Kars and her conquests in Armenia, Cyprus will be evacuated. I am
already authorized to accede to last condition. I shall be glad to receive
your Lordship’s instructions as to the other points.”
“ No 3.
“ The Marquis of Salisbury to Mr. Layard.
“ (Telegraphic.)
“ Foreign Office, May 30, 1878.
“As England will probably spend the growing surplus in the improve
ment of the island, Her Majesty’s Government cannot assent to second con
dition as it stands, but they have no objection to pay the average of the last
five years’ revenue.”
“No. 4.
“ The Marquis of Salisbury to Mr. Layard.
“ (Telegraphic.)
“ Foreign Office, May 30, 1878.
“ You are authorized to consent to a Mussulman tribunal for the exclusive
cognizance of Mussulman religious matters, but you should not bind Her
Majesty’s Government as to judicial institutions for persons not Mussulmans.”
“No. 5.
“ Sir A. II. Layard to the Marquis of Salisbury,—(Received June .)
“Therapia, June 7, 1878.
- “ My Lord,—I have the honour to enclose a draught of the conditions
which the Grand Vizier requests may be inserted in the Annex to the Con
vention signed by Safvet Pasha and myself on the 4th inst. I have already
acquainted your Lordship with the substance of these conditions by the
telegraph, and am now waiting for your Lordship’s instructions to agree to them.
“ I have, &c.,
“ A. H. Layard.”
“ Enclosure in No. 5.
“ Annex.
“ It is understood between the two high contracting parties that England
agrees to the following conditions relating to her occupation and adminis
tration of the Island of Cyprus
“ I. That a Mussulman religious tribunal (Mehk 6 mei Sh 6 ri) shall continue
to exist in the island, which will take exclusive cognizance of religious
matters, and of no others, concerning the Mussulman population of the island.
“ II. That a Mussulman resident in the island shall be named by the Board
of Pious Foundations in Turkey (Evkaf) to superintend, in conjunction with
a delegate to be appointed by the British Authorities, the administration of