'Memorandum No 1. Zanzibar Agency and Consulate Expenses'

Title:

'Memorandum No 1. Zanzibar Agency and Consulate Expenses'

Creator:

Author: India Office, Assistant Secretary to the Political and Secret Department,

Date:

1876/1876

Description:

Abstract: A printed memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 17 August 1876.The first part of the document is a claim of expenses for an annual subsidy of 40,000 crowns from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Sultan of Muscat as compensation for the abandonment of his claims upon Zanzibar, which was paid by the Political Agent at Muscat for the period 1870-1877, including a summary of payments made between May 1873 and February 1877.The second part of the document contains a claim for the expenses of the Agency and Consulate at Zanzibar, including: salary of Political Agent, Second Assistant and interpreters, furlough allowances and charge for interest on Government buildings.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 88 and terminates at f 91, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Colonial administration
Zanzibar subsidy
Political Agent and Consul, Muscat
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd Dynasty

Geographic region:

Zanzibar

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003d2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003d2_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B14a
IOR/L/PS/18/B14a

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