Die Volkswirthschaftslehre

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Identifikator:: 833000799

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-36018

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Schober, Hugo

Title:: Die Volkswirthschaftslehre

Edition:: 3. Aufl.

Place of publication:: Kiel

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 391 S)

Collection:: Economics Books

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ON SLAVE TRADE (EAST COAST OF AFRICA). ]81 Appendix (K.) To H. L. Anderson, Esq., Secretary to Government, Bombay, dated Zanzibar, 18 September 1860. (Secret Department.)—(No. 52 of 1880.) I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letters and enclosures, as per margin,* relative to the dispute between the Sultans of Muscat and Zanzibar, and desiring meto ascertain whether his Highness Syud Mujeecl is still willing to make an annual payment, as he formerly agreed to do, of 40,000 crowns annually as a free gift, not a tribute, to his brother Syud Thoweynee, ruler of Muscat; and stating that the agreement on the part of his Highness Syud Majeed, should constitute the basis of a permanent settlement of the existing dispute between him and his brother Syud Thoweynee. » # # # * 6. After a long interview with his Highness on this subject yesterday, during which he repeatedly expressed bis earnest desire to comply with the wishes ol his Lordship the Viceroy, he sent me a letter (a translation of which is herewith enclosed), the contents of which he desired me to communicate to Government for consideration, before giving a positive answer relative to the proposed payment. 7. I was aware that his Highness was indebted to the customs master here to the amount of 327,000 crowns, and as the payment of interest on money is considered by Arabs unlawful, his Highness some months ago raised the import duty on slaves from one dollar per head to two dollars, and also increased the duty on ivory brought here from the mainland, in order to compensate the customs master for the loss of interest on the sum due to him. The en lire revenue of the Zanzibar state amounts to 206,000 crowns per annum, viz. ; Crowns. Annual farm of customs at Zanzibar - - - - 180,000 Ditto - ditto for Island of Pemba - - 6,000 Tax paid in lieu of carvie by the Mukhatlim - •• 10,000 German Crowns - - - 206,000 There is no tax upon land or houses, or any other payment to the state whatsoever. 8. The agent of the customs master acts as treasurer and banker, and scarcely a dollar reaches his Highness or any of his family except through him. Being indebted to him in 80 large a sum, his Highness is entirely dependent on his goodwill for any money he requires, and the agent here of the customs master has of late frequently told his Highness that he must in fuuire confine his payments to sums absolutely required for the service of the State, and for the household expenses of his Highness and the members of his family. 9. I was also aware that the large sum of ready money left by the late Imam was expended during the disturbances ; but Arabs have such a dislike to talk of their family affairs, that I did not know that his Highness owes so large a sum as seven lacs of crowns to his young brothers and sisters on account of their shares of their father’s property. 10. On the death of the late Imam, all the property of the state was accounted as forming part of the private estate. The shijis of war, guns, stores of every description, even the arms in possession of the troops, were set down at a valuation, and charged against the new ruler as a debt due to his father’s estate, and thus ii is that his Highness owes so large a sum to his brothers and sisters. The property left by the late Imam was divided amongst the 34 surviving children. The sum afiportioned to each son was 57,917 crowns, and to each daughter 28,958 crowns, and a great portion of these sums was debited to his Highness as follows :— Price of the Frigate “ Shah A Hum ” - - „ “Victoria” - - - “ Piedmontese ” - - ,, CorvetteArtemise ” - - - “ Nazree ” - - - :: : : : Rupees Price of the Trading Ship “Nadir Shah” - „ „ “Saleh” _ - - „ Plantations and houses - - - ,, Horses ------ „ Arras, jewels, and household property Jiupees. 1,50,000 1,55,000 50,000 30,000 18,000 10,000 8,500 4,21,000 = Total Crowns Crowns. 195,814 23,256 1,000 173,933 6,360 25,000 425,363 In • The references, and several paragraphs of this letter, not being relevant to the subject of this inquiry, are omitted. 0.116. z 3 Appendix, No. 8. Appendix (K.)

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