Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India's Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 14 July 1873 and received by the India Office's Political Department on 12 August 1873, forwarding copies of papers regarding the manner in which the last anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday was celebrated by the Sultan of Zanzibar and the foreign consuls there.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 669, and terminates at f 674, 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 sequence contains three foliation insertion anomalies: f 669a, f 671a, and f 673a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 18 August 1874, forwarding for information a copy of a letter from the Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar, submitting a report on the condition of the jail building at Zanzibar and the proposal to convert a portion of the building into a hospital. The Despatch is in reference to despatch No. 1 dated 16 January 1874 from the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 367, and terminates at f 373a, 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 sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 367a, f 370a, and f 373a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Revenue Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 8 May 1873 and received in the India Office Political Department on 3 June 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Political Agent, Zanzibar, regarding a tax levied on British-Indian Traders on plantation produce when taken from one point to another on the island, with no similar assessment being levied on the French and American commercial houses.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 518, and terminates at f 526a, 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 sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 526a.
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-8 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 January 1845. The enclosures are dated 17-23 November 1844.The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to the Treaty of Commerce and Friendship between France and Muscat, signed at Zanzibar on 17 November 1844. A copy of the treaty is included on folios 369-74.The primary correspondents are the Imam and the Political Agent, Zanzibar.Physical description: 1 item (16 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of an abstract of contents of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1841, dated 30 August 1841. The enclosures themselves are not included in the volume. The enclosures listed relate to the trade in slaves which was reportedly being carried out between Zanzibar and Bombay by the subjects of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and other Chiefs on the African Coast.The enclosures are dated 26 February to 30 August 1841, and mostly consist of correspondence between the Government of Bombay and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, the Senior Magistrate of Police, the British Agent at Muscat and other British officials.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)