'Mr Rothery's report to the Treasury in respect to the Muscat subsidy and Zanzibar Agency Expenses'

Content

A printed memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of 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. , 27 September 1876.

The memorandum discusses the views of Henry Cadogan Rothery on whether the Imperial Government had to contribute to the payment of an annual subsidy to the Sultan of Muscat (as compensation for the abandonment of his claims upon Zanzibar) and of the expenses of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate at Zanzibar, made by 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. from 1870. Rothery writes that, because the Agent at Zanzibar was also acting as Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court in the Trial of the Slave Trade cases, it was the duty of the Imperial Government to contribute towards these expences.

Extent and format

1 file (4 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 98 and terminates at f 101, 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between f 5 and f 168; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the lower right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B14c

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Sep 1876 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Colonial administrationSlave tradeZanzibar subsidy

Places

Zanzibar

People & organisations

Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyIndia Office, Assistant Secretary to the Political and Secret Department,Zanzibar Political Agency and ConsulateLegal Adviser to HM Treasury

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'Mr Rothery's report to the Treasury in respect to the Muscat subsidy and Zanzibar Agency Expenses', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/B14c, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003d4> [accessed 22 December 2024]

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