"تقرير مستر روذري إلى الخزينة فيما يتعلق بالمعونة المالية لمسقط ونفقات وكالة زنزبار" [ظ‎‎٩‎٩] (١٠/٥)

« from a neglect of those duto, as well as^rom
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" s3e and simple issue whether the Imp 6 ™'
" Government shall persevere in or abandon its
" eldeaZrs to suppress the Slave trade on the
' ^ASeleot Committee of the House of Commons,
"recently appointed, has, after hearm 0 ,
" evidence that could he produced, rep
" stronelv in favour of perseverance and increased
" expenditure on a better system, and, without en-
" domne all these proposals, which have not yet
« been sufficiently considered. Lord Granville can-
« not doubt that, looking to the strong deling ^ich
" pervades the country on the subject of the Slave
" trade, the spirit of their report will find a response
" in Parliament, and in the public generally, who
" will insist upon more being done. f
" Lord Granville is decidedly of opinion that
« such a general feeling cannot he disregarded by
" jp er Majesty's Government, and, at all events, as
" Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he will
" not assume the responsibility of disregarding i .
" It must rest, therefore, with the Lords Commis-
" sioner of Her Majesty's Treasury to decide
" whether they will, as the first step, grant or Y 1 "
" hold the sums necessary to meet the expendituie
" for such an establishment as may be required at
<c Zanzibar for carrying out a more vigorous and
" better organized policy for the suppression ot the
" Slave trade on the East Coast of Africa under the
" direction of Her Majesty's Government."
The first paragraph is conclusive as to the esti
mate taken by the Foreign Office of the part taken
in Slave trade matters by the Zanzibar Agent at
that time. The last rendered it practically impos
sible for the Treasury to maintain their previous
attitude. Nor did they, though we have no informa
tion as to the time and manner of their yielding.
All we know is that, on the 19th June 1872, the
Duke of Argyll telegraphed to the Viceroy, appa
rently in reference to the appointment ot a
successor to Mr. Churchill, who had retired,
" Imperial Government to take half expense Zan-
44 zibar Agency. Foreign Office must, therefore^ be
" consulted. Delay any nomination."
The date of this telegram is the date which Mr.
Rothery is <e disposed to fix " as that from which
the British Government should pay a moiety of the
expenses of the Zanzibar Agency and Consulate,